I wouldn't call it exactly original.
Anyway, the Romans had no real incentive to industrialize. Their cities were built on the back of plentiful slave labor. Machinery tends to be developed either in response to labor shortages, or as a way to cut cost (which creates job shortages).
OOC: That is either a letter-perfect NoobRP, or yet more evidence that Hero's Aeolipile needs to have a stake rammed through its unbeating heart, have its head cut off and stuffed with garlic, and be buried at a crossroads at midnight.
Heron of Alexandria? Wow I've like so totally never heard of him!.
Wow! Wikipedia is the best!
If they invent steam power then it's only a few more steps down the tech tree till they have machine guns- then no one can stop them!
Bull. All historians agree that steam power and modern firearms are unrelated:
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So no, getting Steam Power off Hero's goody hut guarantees nothing. (Well, Roman Ironclads, yes, everybody agrees on that. But definitely no riflemen.)
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