{"id":3825,"date":"2015-05-20T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2015-05-20T23:29:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T23:29:25","slug":"roman-inventions-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/roman-inventions-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Inventions & Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roman technology<\/b> is the engineering practice which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman commerce and Roman military possible for almost three quarters of a millennium (753 BC\u2013476 AD).<\/p>\n

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Reproduced Roman-style wax tablet, from which the codex evolved. Courtesy of WikiCommons.<\/p><\/div>\n

1. Book\/Codex- First mentioned by Martial in the 1st Century AD.\u00a0A codex<\/b> (Latin caudex<\/i> for “trunk of a tree” or block of wood<\/i>, book<\/i>; plural codices<\/i>) is a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper,vellum, papyrus, or similar materials, with hand-written content.\u00a0The Romans developed the form from wooden writing tablets.<\/p>\n

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The Great Cameo of France, five layers sardonyx, Rome, ca 23 A.D., the largest of Antiquity. Courtesy of Wikicommons.<\/p><\/div>\n

Cameos-\u00a0a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewellery or vessel made in this manner. It nearly always features a raised (positive) relief image; contrast with intaglio, which has a negative image.<\/p>\n

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Aeolipile. Courtesy of Wikicommons.<\/p><\/div>\n

Steam Engine<\/strong> –\u00a0The earliest known rudimentary steam engine and reaction steam turbine, the aeolipile, is described by a Greek mathematician and engineer named\u00a0Hero of Alexandria.Steam ejected tangentially from nozzles caused a pivoted ball to rotate. Its thermal efficiency was low.<\/p>\n