Submitted 8 hours ago by raman_klogius@ani.social to historymemes@piefed.social
homosapien@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago Theory: They were masterpieces, in the old meaning
A masterpiece was an item you would craft or something you would do to earn you the rank of Master in your Guild.
This is easy to describe and judge, but hard to make if you aren’t experienced.
They put them in their gold hoardes as they were basically their version of a degree
(If you’re a metalworker and want to check if you would’ve earned the rank of Master in an ancient Guild, you can try to make one of these)
Stefan Milo on YouTube did a video (likely more) on these things and he debunked that theory somehow or another. I can’t watch it right now to remember what he said, at work.
A new hand touches the beacon.
I can’t believe this is not known. Its the Continuum Transfunctioner.
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago I bet it’s a massage tool of some sort.
Looks like you would need to be a 6 dimensional creature to enjoy being massaged by something like that. Or maybe I’m just looking at this all the wrong way
It’s a cigarette lighter.
When you are feeling under pressure, do something different! Roll up your sleeves or eat an orange.
That feels like a random quote from the “Little Book of Calm”
Fun fact: While these are from the Roman period, they’ve mostly been found in what were then the provinces of Brittania and Gaul, and none have ever been found in Italy. Which tends to suggest that they’re Celtic or Romano-Celtic rather than Roman.
Yeah, in Yorkshire we still make and use them actually, but I’m not allowed to tell thee what they’re for, because of Brexit.
Idk how many times i have to post this, but it’s clearly a prime chaotic resonator. Slot some fossils into that bad boy and craft some good gear!
Craft good gear? Its just a tool to help you delete divines.
Before someone posts it, no, it’s not for knitting; there are solid ones that would have been useless for that and knitting isn’t known to have been present in the Roman Empire.
Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago What do you mean knitting wasn’t present in the roman empire? That’s slightly less absurd than saying knots didn’t exist in the bronze age! Lack of evidence doesnt mean it’s not present! There’s lots of things we know for sure happened during the roman empire despite no one writing about it, like child baptism in early christianity. We don’t know what it looked like, but we know where it happened and that everyone was in agreement about the method.
Knitting is a technology, and there isn’t evidence it emerged uniformly throughout the world. Think about the environment that Rome is in; what good is something knitted in a hot Mediterranean climate? We have tons of art and literature documenting weaving, which was very important to Romans, but none of knitting. If you have evidence they had it you should publish it.
Your mom’s butt plug.
I think the majority of historians agree that flare technology had been invented by then, spurred on by the massive amounts of olive oil in use at the time.
Looks like a toy, the ancient equivalent of a fidget spinner.
They never have any signs of wear, and children are always a destructive force, so this is unlikely.
The broken ones didn’t get saved.
Edit: I’m just now remembering the staggering amount of broken and discard pipes and pottery we have in display cases literally everywhere. Nevermind.
amlor@piefed.social 1 hour ago
Phone stand