77 points
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They were very good at sinking shafts. Roman engineering and mining was top of the line. An appalling callousness towards slave and worker casualties incurred in the process helped.
8 points
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Very cool. I would of thought they used something like the archeamedas screw (oof I butchered his name. Still drinking coffee. Too lazy to Google correct spelling).
Excellent post, Pug
14 points
Funny enough, they did use Archimedes’ Screw in mining - mostly to pump out water though.
3 points