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The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

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The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

The ancient Romans did not have petroleum. Their oil was olive oil, used for a variety of things such as cooking, lighting, bathing, a base for skin lotion and medicines, polishing wood, treating leather, and lubricating squeaky things.

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Ancient culture did not have the technology to separate petroleum from oil. A process we call "cracking". However oil was used for lamps etc.

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