the WW's creativity

[darqali]

No: HPFGUIDX 142628

Goddlefrood (a Roman centurion in a previous incarnation):
> 
> The Roman Empire is most usually dated to the Battle of Actium on 
> 2nd September 31 B.C. Rather less than 4000 years ago. The city of 
> Rome itself had its "legendary founding" in 753 B.C. by Romulus and 
> Remus. Again rather less than 4000 years ago (1995 B.C.)
> 
> The Romans did indeed invent plumbing however and the website to 
> which you refer as your source should perhaps be notified of this 
> information.
> 
> The Roman Republic was founded rather later, that is in 510 B.C. 
> after the last of the Kings was expelled and the Consuls enthroned 
> in his place.


Being very elderly, my education is out of date; but I did in fact 
major in History in collegs, and am in fact very well aware that the 
Romans had "plumbing" {of sorts}; and toilets {of sorts} and hey! 
hypocaust central heating, too!

However, they did *not* have *flushing* toilets, nor any sort of 
interior plumbing resembling that described in Hogwart's castle, 
within which S. Slythern hid the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, 
and within which the Basilisk was able to get around the castle un-
seeen, as described by JKR.  And the Muggles of the era of the 
building of Hogwart's didn't have them at that time {yet} either.

Since Hogwart's apparently *did* have these things, very similar to 
modern Muggle plumbing, 1000 years in the past, it is simple to 
conclude that Wizards invented modern plumbing.

Indeed, since we see very ancient wizarding world characters 
celebrated on the Chocolate Frog trading cards, such as Circe, and 
the much later Merlin and so on, one may then conclude that perhaps 
the versions of plumbing used by the ancient Romans were Wizard 
invention as well ....

"darqali"