why you may ask?

tough ships are slow

send too many ships away and risk invasion

heavier = slower

ships ar emade to move cargo and men

by tough, i meant seaworthy or survivable

why woud you want a slow ship?

build too many ships and start a war

especially when the meditteranean sea is very calm

yes, that's why the atlantic was avoided for thousands of years

ships ARE ... but back then they weren't

roman roads are narrow as fuck, fam

I hate that a perfect meme is ruined by 'cooncil'

Jack, that doesn't take into account a lot of material properties

i have spent MANY, MANY weeks at sea

Idgaf

to be fair

kinda miss it

COONcil

lmao

roman roads arent regularly torn up to work on underground wires and pipes

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/431314468404723712/509819856057794595/informative.mp4

right - also roman aqueduct water wasn't as pure as modern water

:V

turn, only german roads are lol

Tasty tasty lead

people think romans were perfect lol, no they were relatively advanced - it's all relative

'relatively' i s true; compared to the savages

The modern legal systems are based off Justinian's codex

isn't that continental law

english common law is different

napoleonic code is the connection isn't it

Yeah English is different

could be wrong

lol Europe is merely a continent off the coast of Great Britian

yeah the napoleonic code is what lets the french hold employers accountable for employees after they've left a company lol

Scotland uses a form of continental

or justify authoritarianism while still calling themselves democratic basically

you can be an authoritarian democracy