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Why no Roman industrial revolution?
This week we are taking a look at the latest winner of the ACOUP Senate poll, which posed the question “Why didn’t the Roman Empire have an industrial revolution?” To answer that,…
- Points
- 509
- HN comments
- 587
- Submissions
- 2
- Cited by
- 33 commenters
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2022 | Why no Roman industrial revolution? by Tomte | 509 | 516 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? (2022) by JumpCrisscross | 79 | 71 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 47 Hacker News comments by 33 different people, from Aug 2022 to Oct 2026.
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- triceratops · Oct 8, 2026
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- idontwantthis · Mar 7, 2026
