Archaeologists in Rome recently unearthed a revolving banquet hall of the Emperor Nero's legendary Golden Palace, which Nero built to symbolize his belief that Rome revolved around . . . him.
The room, fifty feet in diameter, was designed to impress his guests. It rested on a pillar thirteen feet wide and featured four spherical mechanisms, most likely powered by a steady flow of water, that moved the room.
So, Nero built the first revolving restaurant. And the food was probably underdone and overpriced.
The revolving banquet hall was meant to simulate the rotation of the earth. This shoes how clever and inventive the Romans were with what little technology they had. . . and proves once and for all that people knew the world was round long before Columbus.
Nero also liked to entertain his guests with his own poetry and singing. Wonder if he played the fiddle for them? :-D
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