Comment by 90s_dev
I always wondered if Archimedes could have realized more applications of his lever and invented the gear and kicked off the industrial revolution early.
I always wondered if Archimedes could have realized more applications of his lever and invented the gear and kicked off the industrial revolution early.
Technologically, probably not. The first invention of the Industrial Revolution isn't a steam engine, it's the flying shuttle, and the Romans are using far more primitive looms than 18th century Europe is, and I'm not sure their looms could have taken advantage of the flying shuttle.
He might have a "cameo". At some point I will need the Romans to make screws and nuts!
> kicked off the industrial revolution early.
Short answer: no. Longer answer: read https://acoup.blog/2022/08/26/collections-why-no-roman-indus... (which covers it better than I could, from an actual historian).