12-11-2006, 12:01 PM
Quote:Indeed they had excellent inventions.
For example the mowing machine.
Look here: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/limes-museu ... /AF109.jpg
Err...in what direction does the machine move? Is this the one which Pliny refered to in his Naturalis Historia (or wasn't that in Raetia)?
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)