Lost Inventions Archive

Flexible Glass – Lost Ancient Roman Invention Because Glassmaker Was Beheaded By Emperor Tiberius

AncientPages.com | July 27, 2023

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did ancient Romans invent unbreakable glass? If they did, their secrets would be long lost because the Roman Emperor Tiberius beheaded the inventor

Ancient Technology

History Of Eyeglasses: One Of The Most Important Inventions Is Lost To History

AncientPages.com | March 10, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to ancient sources, Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65), the Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist used to read "all the books in