Nobody is bringing any food? I’m bringing the bag of potatos, the container of cherry tomatos, and my encyclopaedia.
My sturdiest knife, a big bag of road salt, and a book.
If I get to choose to appear in civilisation, I’ll probably bring a mathematics handbook with the last two millennia of formulae. If unknown where I get dropped, probably a mechanical engineering handbook.
I have a decent chance surviving to civilisation with the knife, I can pay my way with the salt for a bit, and I might pull off advancing industrialisation in spite of slavery.
An axe, a hammer, a chisel.
They would be higher quality than anything in the time period and I would go to a blacksmith and use them to trade for an education in metallurgy. I would help bring as much modern metalwork into the past and move them away from lead in their waterways and the madness that befell Rome.
Phone, power bank, charger
probably downloading all of wikipedia (in latin, greek and english) if I have prep time
and cant forget the classic time machine flier
locating the early churches with the icyths
teaching them a lot of modern stuff
talking with the church fathers would be a dream come true
A dictionary. We can cross reference words with latin roots to help communicate.
Weed
Toilet paper
- “Science for Dummies” book
- “Latin for Dummies” book
- “Engineering for Dummies” book
I would try to jump-start science way earlier to see what would happen. This would be pre-gold rush and pre-oil, so most of earth’s resources are still present.
Ideally, try to advance science while avoiding global warming this time around.
Well the somewhat good news is the Romans were close to a steam powered Renaissance but they just thought it was a toy. You could make steam powered rail roads and really fuck up the timeline.
A board game, my guitar and a toothbrush.
- Leatherman Surge v2 multitool. Tools are always useful.
- The Pocket Ref book by Thomas J. Glover
- English to Latin Dictionary
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My cat. Because there won’t be anyone to take care of her.
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A sample of copper water line and a valve - something they can study and reverse engineer to improve their infrastructure. I’ll have to explain the concept of water towers too since I probably won’t be able to actually bring one.
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A book on the history of the Roman Empire. Maybe they’ll do things a little differently this time.
Am I allowed to warn them about Pompei? They’ve got four years to evacuate that area.
If you manage to buddy-up with Domitian before he becomes emperor in 81, he’d definitely change things up.
You predicted the eruption of Mount Vesuvius so he knows you’re not a hack. So he’ll probably believe you when you tell him he eventually gets assassinated.
From there, who knows where history goes. He definitely curtails the Senate even more so maybe the Empire enters the Dominate phase of its history 200 years early?
Maybe point Trajan and Hadrian out to him if he’s looking for competent allies/potential successors. Well, Hadrian isn’t born until 76 but you probably won’t butterfly him away in 1 year.
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A towel of course. Never forget your towel.
The internet, because I can’t live without the internet anymore.
And a game where I can take another 3 items with me…
Three towels
You need one. Three is paranoia.
No, no, they’ve got a point here. In The curse of Monkey Island you need three wet towels to safely cross the hot beach because Guybrush’s shoes are full of holes.
Glasses. Not for me, but to show the Romans that some that can’t see shit that magic glass can make them see better. Either that or a magnifying glass, so it can double as a fun trick of sunlight burning, which, hopefully, can teach them to make concave/convex glasses for people.
A sewing machine. It’s electric, but by opening it up and trying to replicate the pattern manually, those old, fully manual ones could be built.
A world atlas. Maps weren’t exactly common and, for most of human history, unreliable, so having something like that would be extremely valuable, even if it lacked some info like terrain elevation or type of environment.
Antique stores often have old Singer treadle sewing machines. Needs zero electricity to run and easy to repair.
SPF 50+ sunscreen, a towel, and my bicycle.
1.) Toolbox with simple tools like pliers, hammers, wrenches, prybars. I don’t feel like Id have much use for modern wrenches.
2.) Compound bow. (The quiver and arrows are attatched to the bow) For those who dont know, modern archery is wild. There are bows that will move arrows, with surgical steel blades, over 100 meters a second. Accurately.
3.) A cardboard tube full of blank paper and drawing tools.
That sounds like a lot more then 3 items
Naw, one item includes everything inside it.
Which is why I pick my house as one of my items.
I’m taking earth and everyone with me then haha
Such hairsplitting has been done elsewhere in the thread.
The nerd in me says a solar generator, a laptop and a book on computing. See what they come up with.
This might be too big of a technological leap for them. I say bring stuff related to Industrial Revolution era tech. They already know about steam power but they only use it as a party trick. Show someone in power what it can actually do and you might just make steampunk Rome! 😀
