Mr. B, sorry for the slow reply, but Egypt being Rome's granary is both true and partially true. Africa (which then essentially meant Carthage/modern day Tunisia) was also critical. When the emp… (View Post)

Mr. Romford, I agree on inheritance tax. The approach worked in the past but the circumstances then were different. The government's right not to buckle to crazy 35% pay claims, but being hardno… (View Post)

Mr. Tres, 'fixed this' is certainly an accurate summation of what people like to do with history, by choice or error. See also: medieval armour was rubbish, the Romans leaving Britain was g… (View Post)

Mr. Boulay, nothing wrong with a duke's lively daughters. It's the deadly ones you need to beware. (View Post)

General Roman economy video, with a comment on Britannia/living standards between 13-14 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NboXuLjnjxE Edited extra bit: and 18 minutes in for tech breakthrou… (View Post)