I often wonder how much the 'LOL, ancient people were dumb and didn't understand anything' reaction because our sources are mostly written by leisured elites instead of artisans. Imagine how our metallurgy would look if you made the average senator describe modern steelworking.
This is Buchwald's argument about Noric steel. The issue I have here is that I don't see any real indication that Roman period steel swords were dramatically metallurgically superior to, say, early or high medieval steel swords.
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And it is certainly not the case that they were only making steel in Noricum. The Romans used quite a lot of steel; we even have some clearly intentionally carburized (read: steel) nails from Roman sites. So it's still not quite 'lost.'
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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