This time it's different:
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.…
“This time it’s different: “
It’s seems that the major extant, non-transmuted “Investments” from the Roman Empire are remaining stone structures.
Of course investments in various aspects of Culture have indirectly continued.
It’s tough to pick anywhere to contribute buck$ that may have a very long term effect.