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The lives of a couple thousand plebs are worthless - Roman pride? Priceless! Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE) (media.piefed.social)

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The lives of a couple thousand plebs are worthless - Roman pride? Priceless!

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[–] blimp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Thank you so much for such a detailed answer. I definitely learnt something today

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago

Always happy to spread a little of this idle trivia I've gathered over the years!

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