Let me start with a simple confession, and I hope it’s not too shocking for anyone; I’m old. When I was a teenager, a fantastically funny film was released called “Monty Python’s The Life of Brian”. While I recognize there is some controversy around the film, I would like to draw your attention to one, non-controversial, sketch, the discussion of Rome by the revolutionaries in the film:
“All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the freshwater system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?”
What does this have to