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<blockquote data-quote="Rothe" data-source="post: 3585079" data-attributes="member: 39813">Machetaso, spot on stuff.&nbsp; Count me as one who loves the historical detail.Different peoples were inventive in different ways.&nbsp; The Romans were masters of innovation in construction and organization.&nbsp; The steepe dwellers of Asia innovators in the horse and bow.They had organization, and were good at dividing and conquering their foes.&nbsp; From time-to-time they had generals that were tactical and strategic genuises.&nbsp; They also had overall an effective combination of technology, even if they adopted it from others.&nbsp; They also had a standing army that did not need to worry about getting back to the farm.&nbsp;&nbsp; Salt. Vinegar.&nbsp; Smoke/Drying.&nbsp; Controlled fementation, pickling, can do wonders.&nbsp; There is a nifty little book called &quot;Salt&quot; that describes somewhat the vast use of salt to preserve food.&nbsp; There is also another nifty little book called &quot;Cod&quot; that shows the importance of dried fish as a food source.&nbsp; I often think a more historically accurate D&amp;D adventure should have the PCs finding a stash of salt as treasure. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> &nbsp; They did start off as a Republic founded on the citzen-soldier.&nbsp; But yet we condem Brutus, et tu?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rothe, post: 3585079, member: 39813"] Machetaso, spot on stuff. Count me as one who loves the historical detail. Different peoples were inventive in different ways. The Romans were masters of innovation in construction and organization. The steepe dwellers of Asia innovators in the horse and bow. They had organization, and were good at dividing and conquering their foes. From time-to-time they had generals that were tactical and strategic genuises. They also had overall an effective combination of technology, even if they adopted it from others. They also had a standing army that did not need to worry about getting back to the farm. Salt. Vinegar. Smoke/Drying. Controlled fementation, pickling, can do wonders. There is a nifty little book called "Salt" that describes somewhat the vast use of salt to preserve food. There is also another nifty little book called "Cod" that shows the importance of dried fish as a food source. I often think a more historically accurate D&D adventure should have the PCs finding a stash of salt as treasure. :) They did start off as a Republic founded on the citzen-soldier. But yet we condem Brutus, et tu? [/QUOTE]

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