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Old 06-09-2006, 22:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gunnut
And of course they were seperated by nearly 1000 years. What do you think would happen if the Romans had access to gunpowder at 200 AD?
Good gosh, let's not speculate. That's just too scary. Romans with gunpowder? We'd probably still be speaking Latin.
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