"The poem evokes the former glory of a ruined Roman city by juxtaposing the grand, lively past state with the decaying present."
Oh and almost all Roman slaves were more like indentured slaves, where they lived as free men after a period of time and often owned their own businesses with their savings.
The British didn't know how to build jack shit for almost a thousand years after the Romans pulled out.
Famous poem from the 8th/9th century:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ruin
"The poem evokes the former glory of a ruined Roman city by juxtaposing the grand, lively past state with the decaying present."
Oh and almost all Roman slaves were more like indentured slaves, where they lived as free men after a period of time and often owned their own businesses with their savings.