No, we haven’t changed much at all. Just fancier ways of satisfying those same thoughts. XD
Rome has a lot of oddities like this, as it had a high-functioning market economy, massive industrial sector (especially the expansion of cheap glasswork), and large consumer base. So you see a lot of little oddities that seem positively modern, because they were appealing to the same consumerist instincts that 19th-21st century societies would later cater to. Consumer goods from utilitarian to goofy to elegant to kitsch!
No, we haven’t changed much at all. Just fancier ways of satisfying those same thoughts. XD
Rome has a lot of oddities like this, as it had a high-functioning market economy, massive industrial sector (especially the expansion of cheap glasswork), and large consumer base. So you see a lot of little oddities that seem positively modern, because they were appealing to the same consumerist instincts that 19th-21st century societies would later cater to. Consumer goods from utilitarian to goofy to elegant to kitsch!