• Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 小时前

    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.

  • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    2·
    2 小时前

    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

  • Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
    4·
    8 小时前

    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.

  • AstroLightz@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 天前
    • “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.

  • Curious_Canid@piefed.caEnglish
    4·
    1 天前
    1. Leatherman Surge v2 multitool. Tools are always useful.
    2. The Pocket Ref book by Thomas J. Glover
    3. English to Latin Dictionary
  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
    31·
    1 天前

    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.

  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    2 天前

    1. My cat. Because there won’t be anyone to take care of her.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    • Not_Dav3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 天前

      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.

  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
    91·
    2 天前

    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…

  • Linktank@lemmy.todayEnglish
    4·
    2 天前

    If you bring a thing, does that include the things contents? Say if you were to say “My handgun” would that include the bullets inside of it? Where do you draw that line? I have a bag packed full of useful items, if I say that bag, will it be empty when I get there?

    • Snapz@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 天前

      The contents will be replaced with equivalents from the day, that may or may not function together with your modern item.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    8·
    2 天前

    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.

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 天前

      Antique stores often have old Singer treadle sewing machines. Needs zero electricity to run and easy to repair.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 天前

    A lockable shipping container full of salt that I can open

    A printed water/UV proof copy of wikipedia

    A solar powered all-terrain electric truck with airless tires, bullet proof tinted glass and camper shell on bed, built from a collaboration of the most accomplished subject matter experts in each related discipline, from around the world, with an unlimited budget.