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@syed
I’m transported to a street in the Roman Empire 169 AD. Not Rome. I only have my current knowledge. I don’t speak Latin but I’ll learn over time. My goal is to give Humanity a jump forward. What is my strategy? What could I say to convince people I’m from the future and get an audience with the emperor. What knowledge should I try to implement or give the scientists that we’ll be the most beneficial. I can’t carry anything written with me. I can wear modern clothing (what should I wear.) I can’t bring anything with me but my clothes. Help Farcaster! What do? (Outdated map for reference)
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@dwr.eth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Sweet_Rome
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@degenlady1
quickly learn Latin and adopt local attire to blend in. begin by sharing practical, non-threatening knowledge like basic hygiene or simple mechanical tools to build trust. present yourself as a scholar from a distant land, introducing concepts like crop rotation, rudimentary germ theory, and simple scientific principles such as the lever or pulley. just appear smart😭 you're not in any danger yeah?
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@joely.eth
Take a couple weeks first, find some flour and water and make a sourdugh starter. I'm sure the easiest way to the Emperor's heart is through his stomach, some truths are timeless. Just be careful who you feed tho, the memory of Jesus is still probably fresh in their minds, it's only been like 136 years since that fiasco took place. You don't wanna end up like him! 👀
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@commstark
easy: you memorize all military battles and the opposing forces you learn latin sneak into a military camp (easy?) days before a battle where the barbarians had a decisive and sneaky victory. Speak with a local general about the next battle he's about to fight. to speak with the general will be tricky but you can yell at him some knowledge about his own life that only a "sorcerer" would know give him all the details of the opposing army so that he has a swift and brutal victory promise him that if you're wrong you'll surrender for his torture but if you're right he must bring you into his fold so that you can help him on the next campaigns with your knowledge he can grow large in the Roman Empire. Without it, he'll be stuck in the Barbarian lands forever
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@phimarhal
The biggest hurdle would be to avoid capture. Strange looking barbarian who doesn't speak Latin? To the slave pens with you. I doubt there's anything you could say to convince people you're from the future. It might get you killed more than anything. Instead, I'd play it as someone from a distant land, where unknown knowledge exists. If this is not against the spirit of your challenge, I'd suggest exploiting the clothes rule to come with something flashy, embroided with diamonds, gold... Something you could trade for, and flamboyant enough you could pass as a rich prince from abroad. Then as you secure resources and start to learn Latin, you also focus on gathering materials for trivial electric experiments. Copper and iron, glass, cloth, vinegar. You build a voltaic pile, an electromagnet, and try to make a tiny light/glow. Hopefully you convince a few people with that experience. You pool resources and efforts to build basic water wheels and wind turbines.
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@lorenzo-007
It will be inevitable for them to not think your a mad man even with proof. But well you can’t start by explaining the physics of the world with things you already know like gravity, space and how the world is not flat.With simple formulas and stuff like that. To carry on proving your from the future you can talk about the political revolution and show them how politics is done in modern era and also if you run some chemical reactions using the earth resources like limestone and some other things I guess lol maybe this is probably way too much above their scope they might end up thinking your a wizard and execute you 😂
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@9aie
You could give them some predictions about catastrophic events that would happen and show them blue prints of things like planes, ship, bulb, cars just the basic things
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@9aie
You could always show them gadget from the future or draw some modern day blueprint, that won't prove you're from the future it's just helpful to them You dress sense would be way different so that's another thing
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@radmadical
Just get some copper and a magnet and demonstrate an electrical current - this will certainly set you apart from others and generate the necessary interest. From there you can easily work out basic electrical systems, which would be a MASSIVE advantage, recruit skilled engineers from Rome and thinkers from Greece to assist you - the rest will come with time but your personal position will be solidified…
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