💬 Opinion 15h ago · Paolo Tedesco

For Roman Workers, Life Was Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Jacobin Magazine
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Our image of Rome, with its efficient infrastructures and splendid architectural works, is inextricably linked to the names of the emperors, generals, and wealthy senators who ordered (and paid for) their construction and management. In this framework, the economic complexity of the Roman Empire seems to be the result of the action of a few […]

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