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Originally Posted by ericthered
Romans are a poor example for TL2. They're very much pushing TL 3. Look instead at ancient Persia or Babylon, the Germanic tribes the Romans found, and pre-alexandrian Greece. Romans are TL2 in the same way World War II is TL6.
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Yeah, at a certain point, you have to stop arguing that a civilisation is advanced in x, y, z and maybe several other areas and acknowledge that maybe it is better described with a higher base TL.
Showing an earlier culture at TL3 when some later cultures were still TL2 would also be a good first step in getting rid of that pesky assumption of history as an inevitable progression to our inimitable selves, which often seems hard-coded into many people's view of the world.