Energy: Sources Of Energy In The Roman Empire

Sources of energy throughout the Roman Empire Although the Roman Empire lacked many aspects needed to succeed it had all things needed to create energy and use that creation of energy efficiently enough to produce the things needed for survival. Energy is all around us in plentiful supply so why should someone ever wonder if we have energy. The Romans used all the available energy around them to do all the hard work for them. The Romans had a plentiful supply of sun, water, wind and wood which all could be used in the creation of energy. The way the Romans put these sources to use in many of ways. Romans used water power more than they did any other source of energy. Throughout the Roman empire energy use was a very efficient because they didn’t want to waste anything they didn’t have to. Some of the ways the romans used the water to help them convert energy were: to grind grains, cut wood, make music and to tell time. The Romans would use mills to grind their grains down into a form that they could work with. Cutting wood in this time was far harder than what we have now. Now we just can use saws and machines to cut and plane our wood, During the Roman empire they used

The romans used the wind for various reasons such as transportation and water pumping. The wind power would be used to power sailboats down the water and allowing the Romans to move goods or travel around to other countries. “The economics of long distance water-borne carriage for bulky and heavy goods compared with overland carriage were recognized long ago. Historical records indicate that some 1,200 large merchant vessels reached the port of Ostia every year (about five per navigable day).” (Newman, “Energy in ancient times”) If Romans did not have wind power to help them navigate the waterways and move goods from place the empire would not have lasted if it