Were Romans more advanced than most medieval kingdoms?

Do you compare the Roman empire as its peak with 12th century France or just Roman Gaul? Significant parts of Europe were never under Roman control to begin with and those would have been more advanced in the early middle ages than during Roman times. read more

The Romans were very advanced, and were ahead of their time in many areas. But you should also remember that the Byzantine kingdom, was in fact Rome. And it isn’t that medieval kingdoms flat out replaced Romans, Rome to some extend became Medieval kingdoms, including Byzantine. read more

Medieval farmers had a more advanced system of crop rotation than the Romans knew, better plows and a more varied array of crops. Medieval builders, though they had lost the techniques to raise large domes, invented the gothic pointed arch, groin vault, and flying buttress, allowing them to build higher walls with more window space than the Romans could. read more