Rome’s Lost Unbreakable Glass

We should have had unbreakable glass 2,000 years ago. But a Roman Emperor chose execution

over progress. An inventor once brought a bowl to Emperor Tiberius and threw it on

the floor. It didn’t shatter—it just dented. He took a hammer, hit the dent - and

as if by magic, the glass was perfect again. Tiberius asked one question: 'Does

anyone else know this secret?' When the man said no.... that sealed his

fate. Tiberius ordered his head to be cut off. Unbreakable glass

would otherwise become more valuable than gold. To save his economy, he had to kill the

inventor. He murdered a technology we’ve never been able to rebuild. We have the records