we don’t talk enough about how the Anglo-Saxons exported globally: the english language, humanism, representative democracy, common law, modern manufacturing-material abundance-food abundance, vaccines saving billions, antibacterial soap, saving billions, modern sewage, enabling cities that aren’t hellscapes, infinite energy from splitting the atom, extraterrestrial landings, the world of antiquity-dug up almost single handedly, ruled all the seas for centuries, eradicated piracy for the first time in human existence-guaranteeing global free trade and achieved all of that with relatively little violence but yea let’s get back to talking about the Romans