Could You Have Survived 2000 Years Ago?

Could I? Let’s say we hopped on a Time-Travel machine to go on an adventure for, um let’s say a month. We could go anywhere we wanted to and chose AD 70 and decided to travel with some Christianus refugees who were fleeing to the Alps from Rome because of the dreadful persecution. Could you keep up with the crowd? Would they know what they were doing or blunder on mindlessly?

           In my book Around Smouldering Coals, I am imitating this imaginary experience as closely as possible, and it is sure food for thought.

           There are so many things different from what we are used to, and how did they handle it?

           One thing I am convinced of is that they weren’t dumb just because there is so little information surviving about them and I’m taking the liberty to imply they knew a lot of useful knowledge about the land for instance.

           Okay, you landed in this unheard-of village in the Alps and the Time Machine’s clock-mechanism gets stuck. Will you panic and work feverishly to correct it, or decide it’s just great living in this era. Let me know the pros and cons of each decision in the comments below.

By the way, since I am fascinated with the people and lifestyles from long-ago, the book Mary’am’s Diary covers Mary’am’s history and culture quite vividly.