The Tale Of Rome

Episode 43 – The Appian Way – Part Two— The wheelbarrow as we know it, made its appearance in Europe around the tenth century, at the height of the Dark Ages.Part Two of the Appian Way. Tools, laws, and lists of other Roman roads, used at the time.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast. The Tale of Rome, Episode 43 — The Appian Way – Part Two.— “One more step, to your left!”The boy, holding the heavy groma, and some 40 paces away from the surveyor, didn’t hear the order.And so — he didn’t move.— “To the left, I told you,” the surveyor yelled.The boy, now startled, jumped to his left. The poor apprentice couldn’t get a single word, because of the strong gale blowing east from the sea.— “A single step, I told you!” The surveyor was running out of time and patience. “What a stulte, this boy,” he muttered to himself.Stulte was the word for “slow” in Latin, especially when someone was — sort of, slow to understand things.In plain English, it would also mean dumb,