[ WP ] Explain a piece of modern technology to a person from around 100-500 CE .

`` Look, are you even trying to understand? It's really not that complicated.'' 
 
 The Roman senator turns his head and looks at me, confusion painted on his face. In his hands he holds a TV remote. For his ease of access I had painted Roman numerals on the buttons, though he does n't quite seem to grasp the concept. 
 
 `` Look, push the red button. It's the only goddamn red button on the remote.'' 
 
 He tilts his head, and I sigh. 
 
 `` The. Red. Button.'' 
 
 He looks back at the remote. I point at the power button. He pauses and presses it. 
 
 The TV comes to life, and the Roman senator lets out a yelp of surprise. He begins shouting in Latin or something fucking ancient like that, but it is n't as if I knew a lick of the language. If you're going to come to the 21st century, you learn the native language. If I went to the 2nd century, I'd have learned the language. It is n't that terribly hard. 
 
 `` Look, now, see those buttons with numerals? Press those to decide the channel you want. The TV is just pictures that move, you had pictures back then, right? Like, drawings at least? Art?'' 
 
 The Roman senator stares again. I sigh, and take the remote. `` Stupid fuckin' idiot,'' I mutter, thoroughly tired of trying to explain. I press a few of the buttons, and the image changes. 
 
 We're met with a documentary about Julius Caesar, and the moment the narrator says the name he quickly snaps to full attention. I smirk. So he can at least appreciate something to do with modern technology, even if he ca n't even understand how to press a button.
