12-04-2007, 05:58 PM
Quote:Caius Fabius:3oh2mq0c Wrote:Sure the Romans had the ingredients for gunpowder, and the Chinese made gunpowder rockets from the same stuff, so then the Romans had gunpowder rockets, but we just haven't found it yet...... :roll: :? evil:That's not a fair comparison. The Chinese never showed the Romans how to use the ingredients and make gunpowder. In fact, it's pretty sure the Romans never even saw gunpowder made up, let alone explode, so they wouldn't even ask.
Are you suggesting that the Romans never saw naalbinded socks until late on in Egypt, or even how they were made?
Do we have any proof that Romans did learn to naalbind? (Do we have proof that Romans never saw Chinese rockets?) We do have proof that Romans used woven socks. Until we have proof that Romans used knitted or naalbinded socks, is it not more authentic to wear woven socks?
(...is naalbinded a word>?) :roll:
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