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Old July 14th, 2006, 09:41 PM
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No, it doesn't mean the Romans invented mortars! Wartime bomb found in Pompeii
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Old July 14th, 2006, 10:57 PM
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You mean they didn't ?!

More press ignorance!

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The device was removed from the ruins and the bomb squad defused it in a controlled explosion in a nearby ditch, ANSA said.
When you defuse a bomb you remove the fuse, otherwise you make it go boom, hehehe.
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Old July 15th, 2006, 10:10 AM
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[QB] No, it doesn't mean the Romans invented mortars!
That would had been heck of a find if they did.
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shame they had to destroy it when they couldve removed the fuse, but i guess it is cheaper to just blow it up...
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... and safer too for the guys doing it.
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Interesting how frequently these things turn up after 60+ years.
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