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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_technology#Technologies_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbegal_aqueduct_and_mill
http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/barbegal/
What pushed or stagnated tech development not was slavery. What push us quickly since the modern age, was the free movement of ideas and knowledge (thanks to the printing press and paper making the books affordable) and the scientific method.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_technology#Technologies_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbegal_aqueduct_and_mill
http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/barbegal/
What pushed or stagnated tech development not was slavery. What push us quickly since the modern age, was the free movement of ideas and knowledge (thanks to the printing press and paper making the books affordable) and the scientific method.