Why No Roman Industrial Revolution?

Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by yakubin on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:50PM (#36914437)

The collapse of mathematical thought that was the Middle Ages actually began with a huge slow-down in hellenistic (Roman) times, i.e. the Middle Ages was more of a continuation of a trend. I’m not convinced that Rome on its own would develop the necessary mathematics to drive progress forward.

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Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by anthk on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:16PM (#36914686)

If you think that, then you have no clue. The Church was phanatical but not dumb on math by any means. How do you think they built their churches? Their naval army? Accounting? Taxes on lesser classes? Heck, just by sailing boats and orienting yourself, you definitively needed trig as a matter of being alive and not get lost/drown in the oceans.

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Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by yakubin on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:23PM (#36914746)

Using maths is not the same as inventing new maths.

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Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by hughw on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:22PM (#36915758)

Didn't the Islamic world preserve and develop math during that time?

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Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by yakubin on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:38PM (#36915879)

Yes. Not just them. A lot of mathematics was done by Indians. But that’s not Rome.

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