But it was Archimedes and the Greeks who invented all that stuff.
The Romans were good at building stuff and fighting. They preserved rather than added to Greek knowledge. And the arab world retained the knowledge and re-introduced it to Renaissance Europe through Moorish spain so it wasn't exactly re-invented.

But apart from being completely wrong in every sense ... yes ... he's absolutely right.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 16 Jun 2012, 19:10, 2 replies)

I think you will find that even the Greeks borrowed a lot of what they are credited with from the Sumerians.
(Finster Ate a cat biscuit for a bet, Sun 17 Jun 2012, 22:41, closed)

That's probably my reiteration as opposed to his knowledge.
I don't listen that carefully to him most of the time.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 18 Jun 2012, 8:36, closed)