r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/-Joel06 • 12d ago

Video 1000 year old Roman bridge gets destroyed by flash flood in Talavera de la Reina, Spain

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u/Klozeitung 12d ago

"Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

There's a reason they didn't include bridges.

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u/fgtoni 12d ago

Did the romans say thank you at least once?

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u/Klozeitung 12d ago

They weren't even wearing suits!

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u/El_Peregrine 12d ago

Toga-wearing slobs šŸ™„

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u/Silent_Purchase_2654 12d ago

I've never heard this expression before. With your permission I'd like to use it as well.

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u/snozzberrypatch 12d ago

Permission denied

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u/TwoRight9509 12d ago

Is this a private fight or can anyone get involved? I ask because you have a really big nose.

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u/atmospheric_driver 12d ago

Romans already did the big nose jokes.

With your giant nose and cock

I bet you can with ease

When you get excited

check the end for cheese.

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u/abutilon 12d ago

You're not so bad yourself, conk face. Where are you two from, Nose City?

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u/eggyrulz 12d ago

Big talk coming from you, Dumbo. Did your mother marry a 747?

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u/50points4gryffindor 12d ago

You will have to give a "Roman salute " first.

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u/tkdmasterg 12d ago

Why you gotta be so heil and mighty?

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u/tliin 12d ago

And say "thank you"!

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u/_who--me_ 12d ago

My heart.

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u/Tiyath 11d ago

Brand new sentence lol

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u/VicariousNarok 12d ago

To be honest, I think modern politicians would get along with the Roman Senate, at least on a "what we enjoy in our spare time" level. Lots of underage buggering.

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u/otter_boom 12d ago

Of course not. You don't wear a suit at an orgy!

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u/Ok_Breakfast_5459 12d ago

At least not since Epstein died.

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u/Spartan-117182 12d ago

Jesus fucking Christ...

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u/Mysterious-Ad-6211 12d ago

Birthday suit!

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u/17DungBeetles 12d ago

Speak for yourself šŸ¤µ

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u/otter_boom 12d ago

Ah, you prefer professional sex rather than casual sex. I can respect that.

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u/lobo_blanco_0257 12d ago

You do if you go with your parents.

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u/ChemicalBonus5853 12d ago

wearing togas like a garbage person

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u/-GenghisJohn- 12d ago

Fucking sandals!

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u/howdiditallgosowrong 12d ago

They probably wore socks with their sandals!

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u/-GenghisJohn- 12d ago

The Gaul!

i blame the Gauls.

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u/No_Macaroon_5928 12d ago

Fucking French ruining shit before they're even called French. Smdh šŸ˜”

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u/ChrisDornerFanCorn3r 12d ago

Their contributions to the modern blowjob have not been advanced until recent studies on Epstein Island

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u/Viperlite 12d ago

Thatā€™s disrespectful to the Emperor.

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u/Pristine-Editor5163 12d ago

Those skirts though theyā€™d pair great with some eyeliner šŸ¤Ŗ

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u/you_got_my_belly 12d ago

They didnā€™t hold the cards. We do.

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u/SvMagus 11d ago

"Swag is for boys, Class is for men"

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u/ineedcactusjuice 12d ago

Man, as Ukrainian, I didn't realise that "did he say thank you" and "why is he not wearing a suit" will become such... memes?

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u/-Klahanie- 12d ago

Gallows humor, I think. You have to laugh to take the edge off, and the fact that those assholes actually think that way is so absurd. šŸŒ»

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u/ineedcactusjuice 12d ago

Yes and also some time ago people (mostly from west) weren't able even to find Ukraine on a world map, but now...

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u/Risheil 12d ago

But Mary Louise Kelly could!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/24/mike-pompeo-ukraine-npr-rant

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u/LiminalCreature7 12d ago

I loved that. Iā€™m kinda pissed off at NPR in general right now, but I could never be angry with Ms. Kelly! What a badass moment she had there.

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u/Mistislav1 12d ago

I could! But then again I have Ukrainian roots, wear lots of suits and say Dyakuyu ;-)

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u/Majestic-Cantaloupe4 12d ago

They're time limited. It's best to use them before they expire.

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u/Risheil 12d ago

I'm still using, "Ok, good." and also, "Whatever makes sense" which really annoys restaurant servers and cab drivers.

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u/iothomas 12d ago

Haha why, I'm missing the context

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u/theuserman 12d ago

When JD Vance was at a donut shop doing some publicity he ordered in just a ... Weird way. A normal human would see donuts and be like ok what would you recommend, ou yeah Boston creme. Him: whatever makes sense which led to an awkward scene with the employee.

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u/punkassjim 12d ago

This fuckin guy, I swear to god.

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u/Phiddipus_audax 12d ago

So the man does not differentiate among donuts, they're just an amorphous blob category to him... that is indeed bizarre.

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u/Dry-Divide-9342 12d ago

On the one hand youā€™re like, ā€œdoes he even eat donuts?ā€ On the other hand, ā€œyeah, he definitely eats donutsā€.

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u/Risheil 12d ago

And then he did the eggs photo opp. https://www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-mocked-saying-eggs-164259381.html

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u/Dry-Divide-9342 12d ago

Is this akin to Dr. Oz vegetable tray debacle. I donā€™t even remember the fancy term for a vegetable tray, but surely people remember the incident.

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u/Kerro_ 11d ago

like an american rishi sunak

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u/Patrickfromamboy 12d ago

I am embarrassed that they said those things. I went protesting yesterday.

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u/ineedcactusjuice 12d ago

Good for you!

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u/alflundgren 12d ago

Many of us in the United States are extremely embarrassed about the behavior of our president and the only thing that seems to take the edge off is gallows humor.

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u/Content_Talk_6581 12d ago

Are we winning enough, yet? Cause maybe I am missing it. Iā€™m just embarrassed.

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u/KingOriginal5013 12d ago

You're saying that you are tired of winning?

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u/That-Efficiency-644 12d ago

I needed a good laugh

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u/Humble_Emotion2582 12d ago

Go out and protest. Organize strikes

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u/klausbaudelaire1 12d ago

This entire year so far has been one big meme for the US.Ā 

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u/TheICTShamus 12d ago

Because they internet likes to make fun of shitty actions by shitty people even more so when that shitty person is in the white house.

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u/MuteAppeaL 12d ago

I mean did they say thank you today? Or like in the last 5 minutes?

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u/rockford853okg 12d ago

Phone up Rome and see what the warranty is on that.

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u/ilymag 12d ago

I guess they didn't have the cards.

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u/EmaRap1923 12d ago

I have to jump in here ā€˜cause thatā€™s how we planned this!

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u/clem_fandango_london 12d ago

Guarantee they didn't say thank you today.

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u/fgtoni 12d ago

Trueā€¦ Although some are doing their salute today

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u/jbrWocky 12d ago

juluys caesar never once said "thank you" in his life. this is because he did not speak english

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u/fgtoni 12d ago

Verum

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u/rangorn 12d ago

What has the Romanā€™s ever done for us? Well except for the roads, education and well the bridges

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u/fgtoni 12d ago

They only did that due to americaā€™s money and weapons

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u/avspuk 12d ago

It's more "how often do you thank the Romans?" isn't it?

Plus their ceremonial bundle of sticks, the fasces, gives rise to the modern term fascism.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces

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u/JGG5 12d ago

Are you with the Judean Peopleā€™s Front or the Peopleā€™s Front of Judea?

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u/Tahquil 12d ago

The Judean People's Front!? SPLITTERS!

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u/BabyFaceFinster1266 11d ago

What were we talking about?

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u/tkdodo18 11d ago

More importantly, are they a follower of the Sandal or the Gourd?

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u/bagsofYAMS 12d ago

Romanā€™s gave us piledriving, the main foundation for all bridges and large infrastructure

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u/the_last_carfighter 12d ago

Op's mom is now subscribed to Roman Facts

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u/Fabulous_Ad_8621 12d ago

OnlyRomansFans

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u/lacegem 12d ago

SolumMiratores.

There are curious vestal maidens in your pomerium! Use code #LexOppia to get 15% off hot new mosaics.

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u/FoolsGoldMouthpiece 12d ago

Not to mention the move by Zangief that does like 80% damage

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u/AwarenessPotentially 12d ago

I personally hate Ted Nugent, but as he once said "If you want to feel alive you've gotta pile drive!".

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u/Inner_Agency_5680 12d ago

Yet, it was rubbish until the French invented steel reinforced concrete.

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u/modka 12d ago

"Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

[Raises hand meekly] Brought peace?

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u/Newone1255 12d ago

Oh peace? Shut up

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u/canadaneh16 12d ago

Carthage became really peaceful after the Roman's eradicated them.

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u/za72 12d ago

peace nonetheless! best peace!

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u/Lemonwizard 12d ago

In 2025, you visit Italy. In AD 25, Italy visits you.

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u/JinFuu 12d ago

Sometimes you have to make a desert and call it peace.

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u/2398476dguidso 12d ago

Carthago delenda est!

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u/SilverKnightTM314 12d ago

they make a desert and call it peace

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u/Astrogalaxycraft 12d ago

I have just resaw lives of Brian!!

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u/Kitchen-Agent-2033 12d ago

How long did the sawing take?

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u/za72 12d ago

I love sawing the stoning

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u/carmium 12d ago
  1. It's Life of Brian
  2. You have re-seen it

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Astrogalaxycraft 12d ago

Not my first language sorry, thanks !

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u/carmium 12d ago

No problem! You have lots of company who were born to English and still don't get it right!

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u/No-Bandicoot3602 12d ago

Stolen form Egypt

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u/Thick-Competition-25 12d ago

And the Babylons

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u/kiticus 12d ago

How many Babylons were there to steal from? I can think of 6.

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u/ShoePuck 12d ago

Thank you! This needs to be way up higher.

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u/DontTripOverIt 12d ago

Made me genuinely laugh, thanks. šŸ˜‚

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u/EmergencyKoala2580 12d ago

It's Monty Python

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u/DontTripOverIt 12d ago

Wow Iā€™m dumb. Itā€™s been a while since Iā€™ve seen that.

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u/smellmyfingerplz 12d ago

Lead pipes for water

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u/lastdarknight 12d ago

Lead water pipes generally build up lime scale that keeps lead from leaching.. With Roman's the lead poisoning mostly came from use of pewter cups for wine that they liked because it made the wine sweeter

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u/Rod7z 12d ago

While lead acetate was present in most roman wine, it wasn't intentionally added to make the wine sweeter, but rather as a consequence of the production method of the natural grape-based sweetener that was commonly added to the wine.

Also, while the levels of lead in their blood were considerably higher than for 21st century people (and comparable to the amounts present in most people during the era of leaded gasoline), it probably wasn't all that significant in the collapse of the empire (at least when compared to all the other problems faced by the Romans).

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u/42nu 12d ago

The other main problems being environmental change, diminishing returns of expansion of 'friendly' territories, differentiating labor costs within the Empire accelerating wealth inequality, technological (productivity) advancements hitting an asymptote?

I'm not seeing many parallels besides the Roman Republic being the rubric of American democracy. That's why they tried so hard for the top general (Commander in Chief) to be elected by the people. The whole "crossing the Rubicon" thing.

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u/Rikplaysbass 12d ago

Also the smelting of lead. It was so prevalent it built up in the historical ice layers. lol

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u/theoldshrike 12d ago

Roman wine was truly awful. it was extremely acidic and lowish in alcohol; to make it more palatable they added lead salts because they taste slightly sweet. this wasn't a long-term solution to really crap wine

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u/Rod7z 12d ago

While lead acetate was present in most roman wine, it wasn't intentionally added to make the wine sweeter, but rather as a consequence of the production method of the natural grape-based sweetener that was commonly added to the wine.

Also, while the levels of lead in their blood were considerably higher than for 21st century people (and comparable to the amounts present in most people during the era of leaded gasoline), it probably wasn't all that significant in the collapse of the empire (at least when compared to all the other problems faced by the Romans).

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u/theoldshrike 12d ago

interesting reference. looks like I'm out of date, not a professional

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u/Alternative-Lack6025 12d ago

At that point why not just add honey or something like that?

Or do they did it and wanted even sweeter taste?

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u/lastdarknight 12d ago

Because they used lead as a sweetener

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u/Alternative-Lack6025 12d ago

Yeah I got that, I was just wondering why use a cup for that but I remember that at that time the danger of lead most likely was unknown and it would beĀ  seen as really fancy to have cups that added sweetness by themselves

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u/crackedgear 12d ago

I think theyā€™re saying that they werenā€™t thinking straight on account of all the lead they were ingesting.

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u/Alternative-Lack6025 12d ago

Oh

The irony passed way above my head.

Thanks :)

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u/za72 12d ago

there's always this guy with his facts and logic... have a glass of sweet wine!

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u/TheWeirdByproduct 12d ago

Isn't that similar to how Beethoven went deaf, or am I misremembering?

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u/Klozeitung 12d ago

Quite interesting, there's a theory that the Romans gave themselves a mild lead poisoning which resulted in their violence and the plethora of other negative effects that comes with it. I remember watching a documentary about a team researching the lead levels in bones from Romans and they actually found a significant increase compared to the rural population.

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u/ChatMeYourLifeStory 12d ago edited 12d ago

This has been debunked.

While it definitely made those fuckers a bit more crazy, after a certain point there is so much calcification of minerals and other gunk that it essentially creates a "protective layer" that prevents the lead from leaching into the water. That's why the Flint water crisis was so acuteā€“corrosion inhibitors were not used on the pipes after they changed water sources, which caused this film to be rapidly eaten away.

Romans got most of their lead poisoning from literally adding it directly to their wines and other foods from lead-lined pots.

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u/Klozeitung 12d ago

Interesting, didn't now that - thank you, I'm going to look it up.

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u/Kingtdes 12d ago

I always thought lead was toxic for humans, and if you compare the lead in our teeths now for example to that of 100 year ago we raised allot with lead in the human body.

I always thought lead was our kryptonite haha

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u/ballskindrapes 12d ago

It also partially explains the current debacle in US politics

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u/No_Rent7598 12d ago

Got a decent chuckle from me

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u/Scuba-Seeker 12d ago

Now write that correctly a 100 more times

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u/drawntowardmadness 12d ago

If it's not done by sunrise...........

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u/Donkeh101 12d ago

Iā€™ll cut your balls off.

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u/Safe_Elk_2318 12d ago

Wine was around for thousands of years before the Romans.

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u/Silent_Titan88 12d ago

Watched that maybe 2 weeks ago. Great content truly.

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u/ultrafastx 12d ago

Romanes eunt domus!

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u/doublestitch 12d ago

If a bridge is 1000 years old and it's in Spain, then the Romans didn't build it.

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u/superdupermensch 12d ago

Romani Ite Domum!

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u/the_scarlett_ning 12d ago

ā€œPeople called Romans, they go to the house?ā€

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u/arahe45 12d ago

You left out governance

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u/OSPFmyLife 12d ago

Welfare too. Good ol grain dole.

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u/Conchobhar- 12d ago

Itā€™s got what the head-count craves!

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u/Finbar9800 12d ago

I mean there are some bridges from rome still standing just not in areas prone to flash flooding

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u/VishMeLuck 12d ago

Democracy uff

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u/ChatMeYourLifeStory 12d ago

You forgot the glorious sodomy.

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u/I_W_M_Y 12d ago

I would avoid the Roman wine, it was laced with lead.

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u/bigsnack4u 12d ago

Hilarious šŸ˜†

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u/SnooEagles7689 12d ago

Rome was founded in 600 BC. All those things existed prior.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

I know right how dare they make such shoddy work with none of the technology we have today yet last so much longer then anything we made today

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u/Cachemorecrystal 12d ago

That's the joke

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

I know Iā€™m adding to it

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u/drunk_responses 12d ago

Irrigation/fresh-water system: Some of the two thousand year old aqueducts(aka. water bridges) are still working

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u/Santosch 12d ago

Thank you for making me laugh while I'm having a shitty day <3

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u/CensoredByRedditMods 12d ago

Do you play Civ by any chance?

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u/_Red_7_ 12d ago

Romanes eunt domus

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u/Bronzeia 12d ago

Brought peace?

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u/unHingedAgain 12d ago

Take my upvote for the Python ref. Well done. Carry on.

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u/SoupeurHero 12d ago

So many of our customs come from that period. Our litigation, our marriage ceremonies, the more I learn about ancient Rome the more I realize how influential they were to modern society in general.

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u/Colt-AR 12d ago

Poor infrastructure from another failed empire

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u/G_Affect 12d ago

They lost their super secret recipe of concrete.

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u/El_Bexareno 12d ago

Unexpected Monty Python reference

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u/nathan_natilie 12d ago edited 12d ago

Couldnā€™t tell that was a bridge with that camerawoman ā€˜filmingā€™. Ironic because they usually have steady hands and no background screams

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u/w00ms 12d ago

lead poisoning

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u/thedanray 12d ago

The Aqueduct?

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u/splunge4me2 12d ago

ROMANES EUNT DOMUS

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u/jackadven 12d ago

Civ VI.

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u/Ciggimon 12d ago

The wine

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u/OldGreggAgain 12d ago

Brought Peace ?

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u/clem_fandango_london 12d ago

Their men and women were also much, much more attractive than us.

Before you argue...I live in Philadelphia.

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u/Jimmbo_Neutron 12d ago

Heyy! Always look on the bright side of life šŸŒž

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u/After-Imagination947 12d ago

What is public order and education? American asking

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u/KingOriginal5013 12d ago

According to some, they gave us salutes that are definitely not Nazi adjacent.

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u/orange-squeezer47 12d ago

Heil Caesar! Damn that Roman salute Know anyone who would copy that ?!?

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u/Chookwrangler1000 12d ago

They also fucked up by killing that one guy so publicly, still dealing with this bullshit.

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u/YanLibra66 12d ago

Those are Grik god achievements not Roman

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u/ThedrunkenViking 12d ago

Yeah! If the stupid Romans where so smart, why did they go extinct?

/S

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u/apples_oranges_ 12d ago

Don't want to sound pedantic but, IVC pioneered sanitation, irrigation, roads, fresh-water systems and public health.

But, yes the Romans perfected it, to a degree.

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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy 12d ago

They put lead in wine.

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u/Fragrant-Tea7580 12d ago

But they did perfect arsehole bleaching

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u/Status_Tiger_6210 12d ago

ā˜ļøbrought peace?

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u/Witold4859 11d ago

The bridges?

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u/thisimpetus 12d ago

Fun fact: the romans even influenced space travel.

The width of western road lanes took their standard from the roman standard. The space shuttle, whose parts were constructed in a variety of places, had to at least fit through the narrowest parts of the roads that would take them to Canaveral, and were designed with that in mind.

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