Comments on: What Did the Romans Ever Do for Us?

By: postpunkpixie

postpunkpixie — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:13:10 +0000

Phil, you’re yet another person I have to tell to read the article properly. I’m not saying that Rome wasn’t a great civilisation, it simply wasn’t as innovative as people think.
Please READ the article: the Roman baths were decidedly unhygenic and they certainly didn’t “create” hygiene (in fact the very word “hygiene” is Greek; it was the name of a goddess).
You also show your ignorance of history: the Byzantine empire postdates Rome and rose from the remains of the Eastern Roman empire much later. My expertise lies in earlier periods (Bronze Age to Iron Age Europe), I know a lot more about early Imperial Rome than I do about the Byzantine period.

I’m amazed by the number of very rude and reactionary comments this article is recieving. Is revisionist history that hard for you to swallow?

By: phil

phil — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:56:26 +0000

Why dont you tell every body about the byzantine empire and how successful it was before you go talking crud about things you have no idea about.The Romans were a great civilization with a few errors here and there but they were definitely a civilization to remember and appreciate. Im going to guess you dont take baths or have hygiene since your practically against the creation

By: postpunkpixie

postpunkpixie — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:22:32 +0000

Jason, I have a degree in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History from Oxford, I know the difference between the Republic and the Empire, sweetie.

Try reading an article properly next time; I don’t mention any date for the invasion of Gaul or when the Romans started building roads, I was looking instead at the pre-existing Gaulish road network (dating from the Bronze Age). The focus of the article is the things that “barbarian” civilisations had achieved that the Romans took credit for. If you’d actually read the paragraph instead of skimming it, you’d realise this.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:26:48 +0000

You realy should do some reasearch before you write an ariticle. The Romans started building roads in 509 BC during the rise of the Roman Republic. The Romans didnt invade Gaul until almost 450 years later during the Gaulic wars starting in 58 BC. (Roman Republic is not the same as the Roman Empire)

By: DAZJA

DAZJA — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:46:24 +0000

YEA iM NT THE GEEKY TYPE OR THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT LiKES RESEARCHiNG BUT THiS LiL ARTiCLE WAS SO DOWN TO EARTH N WORDS && REALLY BROKE iT DOWN FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. iT LUK LiK DEY WANTD TA CUSS N A FEW SENTENCES

By: CaSundara

CaSundara — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:10:51 +0000

Very interesting. I’m about to begin an ancient history and classical civilisation course so this is very relevant and also enjoyable to read. Thanks for sharing!

By: Daium

Daium — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:30:10 +0000

nice!!!

By: sexyhood03

sexyhood03 — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:26:14 +0000

very smart and informative i liked it!

By: Nathan Grace

Nathan Grace — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:24:59 +0000

cheers for setting the record straight. I thought it was rthe romans who did roads on concrete but knew that people would have had to bathe before them.

By: Kate Smedley

Kate Smedley — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:24:04 +0000

Great article, good info and like the pics.. Also reminded me of a line out of Monty Python’s Life of Brian!