How long would you like to vacation in Ancient Rome?
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@futurebird It would take some 20 days just to get from Rome to Constantinople, so definitely a few months, so I could see more than one place.
Gonna end up like the Antikythera mechanism holding my cellphone.
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How long would you like to vacation in Ancient Rome?
You will have local currency, an escort if needed, clothing etc.
I'd be surprised to survive more than a single day.
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I'd be surprised to survive more than a single day.
Aw with a guide and money I think most people would be fine.
And if you have some exotic goods to trade as your cover story.
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How long would you like to vacation in Ancient Rome?
You will have local currency, an escort if needed, clothing etc.
@futurebird I figure any time travel over millennia will involve a big infectious disease problem. Never mind the lack of modern medicine--there's the simple problem that the bacteria and viruses of the era and the ones I'm carrying with me are going to be different in detail, like the Columbian exchange. The chance that I'd either get deathly ill or be the source of an epidemic is significant.
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How long would you like to vacation in Ancient Rome?
You will have local currency, an escort if needed, clothing etc.
Day Six
They are still not impressed with the idea of using place value and zero and think my ideas about germs are a silly superstition.
I'm so mad they don't have tomatoes. I thought I liked Italian food.
Oysters are cheap at least.
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@futurebird I figure any time travel over millennia will involve a big infectious disease problem. Never mind the lack of modern medicine--there's the simple problem that the bacteria and viruses of the era and the ones I'm carrying with me are going to be different in detail, like the Columbian exchange. The chance that I'd either get deathly ill or be the source of an epidemic is significant.
@futurebird (If I did go back I'd go around asking everyone what was up with those dodecahedra, and they'd probably say "we don't know, that's some weird Allemani shit from up north")
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Day Six
They are still not impressed with the idea of using place value and zero and think my ideas about germs are a silly superstition.
I'm so mad they don't have tomatoes. I thought I liked Italian food.
Oysters are cheap at least.
@futurebird un there’s no Italy yet.
These a Romans and Latins.
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@futurebird un there’s no Italy yet.
These a Romans and Latins.
Larks tongue in aspic kind of eatersMy disappointment is immense.
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Day Six
They are still not impressed with the idea of using place value and zero and think my ideas about germs are a silly superstition.
I'm so mad they don't have tomatoes. I thought I liked Italian food.
Oysters are cheap at least.
@futurebird Maybe see about getting coffee going a millennia earlier? It'd be in Aksum then.
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@futurebird Maybe see about getting coffee going a millennia earlier? It'd be in Aksum then.
Heck they don't even know about tea.
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How long would you like to vacation in Ancient Rome?
You will have local currency, an escort if needed, clothing etc.
Oh yes, clothing, freshly bleached with urine. Sounds lovely.
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Day Six
They are still not impressed with the idea of using place value and zero and think my ideas about germs are a silly superstition.
I'm so mad they don't have tomatoes. I thought I liked Italian food.
Oysters are cheap at least.
@futurebird they'd have garum.
