Tag: rome
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Greek mythology: Original or copycat?
A recurring joke among those interested in classic History (such as myself) exists around the Roman and Greek mythos, specially how the later are depicted as an original creation, made by the Hellas natives, and/or immigrant waves that eventually settled in, and the Romans just… claimed it as their own, slapped a couple names on…
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Civilizations that counted up to a million
A month ago or so, I read a post asking an interesting question: when has been the first time a civilization managed to count up to a million? Even though the answer was already typed, it got me wondering… how many cultures and peoples reached such a high number in their numerical script, apart of…
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