bedlamsbard | ancient history is SERIOUS BUSINESS, y'all (Reply)

So, my shock of the morning came when a book I'm reading said that Rome was "not famed for their technological originality." Yeah, you know those Romans. So unoriginal, omg, can you believe them? (The best part is that the line comes right after the author finished talking about all Rome's technological innovations, way to send mixed messages, man.)

Also, ancient Egypt was "precocious." That's not exactly the word I would have used... I know Solomon used it elsewhere, but I can't find it, I think it was Crete or Sumeria or Akkad or somewhere else vastly inappopriate. And that's not even counting all the other historical facts he either got wrong or misrepresented. Gods save me from journalists who write books without knowing WHAT THE FUCK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, this is the second one in a week!