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I've always found it amusing that, for all the use of advanced technology and engineering from the Romans, you don't really have much in the way of contributions to mathematics, physics, etc, from Roman writers. "Too thinky, not practical enough >:("
Hell, even the only Roman philosophers of note are all pretty orthodox thinkers of a pre-established Greek school. Yet our surviving engineering texts from Roman authors are [chef's kiss]
It's funny what results cultural priorities can produce.