How did volcanoes affect the history of Imperial Rome?
The global production of Roman concrete was dependent on the ash output of
only one very specific seismic region in the Italian peninsula.
As it happened to be the case, the structural and compressive strength of Roman concrete was far beyond all alternative in use from China to Chile, at the time. Ergo, while the towering 450 feet high Krishnadeva temple at Mathura or every single stretch of the Han-era Great Wall or the massive Necropolii of the Chimu or the magnificent Arches of Persepolis have long collapsed into nothing, quite a few Roman structures are still left for us to marvel at. Purely on account of a geographical curiosity specific to Italy.
As it happened to be the case, the structural and compressive strength of Roman concrete was far beyond all alternative in use from China to Chile, at the time. Ergo, while the towering 450 feet high Krishnadeva temple at Mathura or every single stretch of the Han-era Great Wall or the massive Necropolii of the Chimu or the magnificent Arches of Persepolis have long collapsed into nothing, quite a few Roman structures are still left for us to marvel at. Purely on account of a geographical curiosity specific to Italy.
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