Miles O'Brien@startrek.website to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoInventing is hard work. Not for the Romans!startrek.websiteimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down12
arrow-up1137arrow-down1imageInventing is hard work. Not for the Romans!startrek.websiteMiles O'Brien@startrek.website to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThe Roman baths in Bath, England, are dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva. I imagine it went something like… Romans: What have you got here? Brits: Springs that are blessed by our goddess. R: Which goddess is that? B: Sulis, the goddess of wisdom. R: Ah, we know her! Back in Rome she’s Minerva. Henceforth these shall be the springs of Sulis Minerva. B: But these are the springs of Sulis! R: Yes, and they still will be, but they will be the springs of Sulis Minerva, because otherwise we would have to kill everyone. B: Sulis Minerva it is!
The Roman baths in Bath, England, are dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva. I imagine it went something like…
Romans: What have you got here?
Brits: Springs that are blessed by our goddess.
R: Which goddess is that?
B: Sulis, the goddess of wisdom.
R: Ah, we know her! Back in Rome she’s Minerva. Henceforth these shall be the springs of Sulis Minerva.
B: But these are the springs of Sulis!
R: Yes, and they still will be, but they will be the springs of Sulis Minerva, because otherwise we would have to kill everyone.
B: Sulis Minerva it is!