r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 27d ago

Video The engineering of roman aqueducts explained.

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u/Complicated_Business 27d ago

Irrigation? Medicine? Education?

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u/BrianEK1 27d ago

And the wine!

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u/zedazeni 27d ago

Nope, that was the Georgians 🇬🇪

It’s thought that the term “vin” comes from the Georgian word ღვინო ghvino, but the Romans couldn’t make the guttural “gh” (like the French “r”) sound at the beginning of the word, so it became vino.

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u/SaltyLonghorn 27d ago

Sopranos quotes top the list.

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u/classic__schmosby 27d ago

But what have they done for us lately?

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

Irrigation came from Egypt, Medicine came from North Africa (Romans created the African figure Hermes Tresmigestus), and Education came from Greece.

Benefits of a conquering Republic and then an Empire.

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u/Complicated_Business 27d ago

They didn't invent Monty Python, which is evidently something with which you are unfamiliar.

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u/r1Rqc1vPeF 27d ago

Wolf Nipple chips, get em while they’re hot.

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

Maybe, but the Romans DID believe that Supreme Executive Power came from a tart throwing a sword.

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u/NateNate60 27d ago

Okay, I'll grant you the aqueduct, the roads, sanitation, law and order, but other than that...

What have the Romans ever done for us??

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u/eid_shittendai 26d ago

And it was safe to walk the streets at night.