. said:

There are probably simple things that any reasonably intelligent person from the 21st century could invent in Ancient Rome.

Bicycle? Stirrup? Crossbow?

I'm sure there are a million things like that. The hard part would be establishing yourself and getting apprenticed as a blacksmith or something so you could do it.

. said:

There are probably simple things that any reasonably intelligent person from the 21st century could invent in Ancient Rome.

Bicycle? Stirrup? Crossbow?

I'm sure there are a million things like that. The hard part would be establishing yourself and getting apprenticed as a blacksmith or something so you could do it.

mr the teapots said:

I would use my skills with the french epee to become a gladiator.

dangerbaby said:

Did the Roman government provide gimmiedats for bread?

q said:

Given that you didn't speak the language, and you had no resources, you would probably be sold into slavery, and worked in the mines.

. said:

There are probably simple things that any reasonably intelligent person from the 21st century could invent in Ancient Rome.

Bicycle? Stirrup? Crossbow?

I'm sure there are a million things like that. The hard part would be establishing yourself and getting apprenticed as a blacksmith or something so you could do it.

tituspullo said:

Only for citizens

dangerbaby said:

I'd try to teach calculus to the miner foreman.

q said:

The crossbow was proposed in Ancient Greece, but, it was deemed too vicious and brutal for warfare.

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You just made that up

. said:

The idea is a million miles away from implementation. Go out right now with all your know how and build a bicycle or crossbow from scratch. 99.999% of the people in the modern world wouldn't know where to begin.

The fact that no one would speak the language and no translators to help you understand, the majority of romans would probably think you are retarded and sell you right into slavery after they cut your balls off.

better learn latin before you go and bring some fucking gold.

mr the teapots said:

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You just made that up

. said:

armed with advance math, I would become a GOD!

snowman said:

RACISS

q said:

mr the teapots said:

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You just made that up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes

tituspullo said:

Depends, Claudius expanded citizenship to all under Roman rule during his reign.

tituspullo said:

And didn't they have bigger versions in the seige towers they built? Things like the ballistra that the romans adopted.

Pechorin said:

I'd go into politics. I'd have a decent chance to not fall into slavery as I speak a bit of Latin (hours and hours of translation in high school can never be unprogrammed) and am 6ft5:)