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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 34 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

The Greeks didn't need ET for the Colosseum

Just to be pedantic, the Romans built the Colosseum. While they did cosplay as Greeks, they weren't actually Greeks themzelves

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[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

To be further pedantic, the Greeks started calling themselves the Romioi in late antiquity, so some Greeks were in fact Romans, but not all Romans were Greek.

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