Late Roman Empire
The Empire That Forgot How to Make Nails
When Cassiodorus finally found the man everyone said could fix anything, the forge had been cold for twenty years.
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Download on the App StoreLate Antiquity6th CenturyOstrogothic KingdomRoman EmpireItalyTechnology LossMetallurgyEmpire CollapseKnowledge PreservationIndustrial HistoryCassiodorusTheodoric
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