Were the Romans close to an Industrial Revolution? (Part 1)

This is the first part of a two-video series exploring why an industrial revolution never took place in the Roman Empire.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:29 Three Fables about the Roman economy
4:27 Surfshark
5:43 Mass production
7:37 Mining
8:30 Water power
9:06 Steam power
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