Category: Roman Mining

The Siege of Dura-Europos

Jun 14, 2025

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in Ancient Rome, Dura Europos, Everything Latin, Middle East, Parthian War, Roman Empire, Roman Mining

Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery, Dura-Europos Excavation Archive by Selme Angulo, and fact checked by Darci Heikkinen on 20th July 2023 In 256 AD, a war was being fought between the Romans and the Sasanians, and some brutal fighting took place during the awful Siege of Dura-Europos in what is now Syria. Europos, an old Macedonian-Greek military…
The Roman’s use of lead lowered European IQ levels for centuries

May 31, 2025

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in Everything Latin, History, Mining, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Roman Mining, Rome, Silver Mining

Written by Ian Sample – and published in the Guardian newspaper UK Monday 6th January 2025 Widespread use of lead caused estimated 2- to 3-point drop in IQ for nearly 180 years of Pax Romana. Apart from sanitation, medicines, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what did the…