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Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome
Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome
The room, part of Nero's Golden Palace, a sprawling residence built in the first century A.D., is thought to have been built to entertain government officials and VIPs, said lead archaeologist Francoise Villedieu. picked by KerOBeroS32 2 months ago
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 Bingo
2 months ago
Revolving banquet hall, in 60 AD. Imagine!

They don't say how it revolved though I imagine slaves had much to do with turning it.
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 Moogle
2 months ago
« Bingo : Revolving banquet hall, in 60 AD. Imagine!
They also had (stolen Greek) computers:



I also remember watching a programme about ancient Rome in which they explored hydraulics and some more advanced engineering techniques, including suspending a statue in mid air via magnetism. Sadly I can't remember the name of the program.
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 drogue
2 months ago
« Bingo : Revolving banquet hall, in 60 AD. Imagine!

They don't say how it revolved though I imagine slaves had much to do with turning it.
The purported main dining room, with a diameter of over 50 feet (16 meters), rested upon a 13-foot (4-meter) wide pillar and four spherical mechanisms that, likely powered by a constant flow of water, rotated the structure.
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 KerOBero...
2 months ago
« Bingo:Revolving banquet hall, in 60 AD. Imagine!

They don't say how it revolved though I imagine slaves had much to do with turning it.
There was a video I saw, but I could not find it to link it... the room revolved on water and stones according to the same rotation of the earth, which is mega-slow

Edit to add: beat to the punch by Droge :P
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 Bingo
2 months ago
« drogue : 
Oh, I missed that.

Thanks!
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