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For Roman Workers, Life Was Nasty, Brutish, and Short
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technocrit lemmy.dbzer0.com technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Our images of the Roman Empire are dominated by the monuments and lifestyles of wealthy urban elites. An important new history shifts our attention to the 90% of Rome’s population whose brutally exploited labor made it all possible.

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technocrit lemmy.dbzer0.com technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-02-19
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When they hold up "ancient rome" as a model for our society, this is what they mean. These are the values that the USA regime was founded on.

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_‌_反いじめ戦隊 ani.social AntiBullyRanger@ani.social
Joined: 2025-02-02
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When they hold up "ancient rome" as a model for our society, this is what they mean. These are the values that the USA regime was founded on.

I’m just straight calling them Nazis at this point. If they hate the assimilation, they can do something about it, immediately, justified. But nope. Straight supporting daytime killers with donations.

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
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The Roman empire was a shithole of rape and slave culture. If anyone idolizes it ask how many slaves they'd like to have and if their parents would have killed them or sold them as a slave/uterus.

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
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Ahh yes, so much for the hobbesian myth of a "secure" and "peaceful" monarchy

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dansemacabreingalone lemmy.dbzer0.com dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-09
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The Roman empire was a shithole of rape and slave culture. If anyone idolizes it ask how many slaves they'd like to have and if their parents would have killed them or sold them as a slave/uterus.

You know they all want as many as possible.

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