Look. We don't have that much information. We do
not have a good grasp on the sociopolitical dynamics
of ancient Rome. All we have is the highly baised
opinions of modern scholars which are loosely based
(if based at all) on ancient sources which themselves
did not survive.
You read that right.
Almost none of our ancient Roman sources come to
us from ancient Romans. Almost all of our records
are latter day manuscripts. Supposedly they're all copies
of originals, yes, but few mention those originals, offer
any provenance what so ever.
I'll explain.
You can actually go to Washington DC and view an original
copy of the Declaration of Independence. And that copy has
in turn been the basis for many copies of the document.
Right?
So you can hold a copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
in your hand that's only a few weeks old but still know exactly
what it is a copy of -- WHERE the source document was found,
the one they based the document on.
Not too many of our versions of ancient books have any clear
lineage to an original ancient source document.
"Well, hey, I was in Rome last week, my Uncle Ted had a thousand
year old copy of Josephus written in his own hand and I made
this and another copy, so enjoy."
Never happens.
What I'm saying is that we don't know. It took us a millennia of
prodding to figure out their concrete and we had examples of
the stuff to look at! We're still scratching our heads over how
they made some of their glass, and we can't nail down common
recipes! Garum was ubiquitous and we believe we know the
process but nobody knows the recipe. There are precisely ZERO
modern products said to be Roman garum, though many
products which are described as similar...
Yet, morons state with such certainty that they know why Rome
fell, that they KNOW all the forces at work, the KNOW how these
forces interact... THEY KNOW!
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When multiple coppies of the same document are known the odds of them being in the line of of n original are greatly increased.
If one only found copies of the declaration of independence it is a reasonable conclusion to think they all point to an original of the same content.
reader wrote:
When multiple coppies of the same document are known the odds of them being >> in the line of of n original are greatly increased.
If multiple copies exist and none of them date within 600 years of the >supposed original, that's not true at all.
If one only found copies of the declaration of independence it is a
reasonable conclusion to think they all point to an original of the same
content.
You failed to read a word I typed...
We know where the original is. Washington DC could vanish tomorrow and
we'd still know that the copies are a copy of an original that was located at >the National Archives. We do not have any of this with ancient "sources."
The copies appear when & where they do, with almost never so much as a
hint of whatever source document they were allegedly copied from.
We do not know everyday recipes! We can and do fill volumes with things >about ancient Rome which are a mystery to us -- common things! We have
no clue why Roman fell apart from the extremely generic "Barbarians broke >stuff."
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Look. We don't have that much information. We do
not have a good grasp on the sociopolitical dynamics
of ancient Rome. All we have is the highly baised
opinions of modern scholars which are loosely based
(if based at all) on ancient sources which themselves
did not survive.
You read that right.
Almost none of our ancient Roman sources come to
us from ancient Romans. Almost all of our records
are latter day manuscripts. Supposedly they're all copies
of originals, yes, but few mention those originals, offer
any provenance what so ever.
I'll explain.
You can actually go to Washington DC and view an original
copy of the Declaration of Independence. And that copy has
in turn been the basis for many copies of the document.
Right?
So you can hold a copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
in your hand that's only a few weeks old but still know exactly
what it is a copy of -- WHERE the source document was found,
the one they based the document on.
Not too many of our versions of ancient books have any clear
lineage to an original ancient source document.
"Well, hey, I was in Rome last week, my Uncle Ted had a thousand
year old copy of Josephus written in his own hand and I made
this and another copy, so enjoy."
Never happens.
What I'm saying is that we don't know. It took us a millennia of
prodding to figure out their concrete and we had examples of
the stuff to look at! We're still scratching our heads over how
they made some of their glass, and we can't nail down common
recipes! Garum was ubiquitous and we believe we know the
process but nobody knows the recipe. There are precisely ZERO
modern products said to be Roman garum, though many
products which are described as similar...
Yet, morons state with such certainty that they know why Rome
fell, that they KNOW all the forces at work, the KNOW how these
forces interact... THEY KNOW!
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https://uapro.tumblr.com/post/634644176738418688/theyd-love-to-see-some-ufoparanormal
Sorry old chap, that is 557.3 years, not 600
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