SC - Fw: Roman technology in Byzantium

[Alderton, Philippa]

Interesting thread on the Byzantine List....


Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
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From: Demetrios1 at aol.com <Demetrios1 at aol.com>
To: BYZANS-L at lists.missouri.edu <BYZANS-L at lists.missouri.edu>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:50 PM
Subject: Roman technology in Byzantium


>Imperial Rome had a variety of 'technologically advanced'  cooking
materials.
> For example charcoal braziers which heated water to keep food hot, oven in
>which food was cooked away from the fire (unlike the Western European oven
in
>which a fire was built, ashes scraped out and then food put it).
Obviously,
>these 'advances were lost to the West, but does anyone have any idea what
was
>preserved (and used) in Constantinople.  Any references would be most
>appreciated.
>
>Henry Marks
>

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