Roman factory for mass production of ship biscuits

Brian G Turner

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An interesting piece about a complex of water-driven mills being used to mass-produce biscuits for the Roman navy:

A huge water-powered factory helped make food for Roman sailors
Popular Archeology - Second Century Roman Watermill Not What Researchers Have Thought

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If only Rome could have undergone an industrial revolution, that could have changed all of history and Rome might have gotten to survive to the present day.
 

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