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[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And where did the Romans get it from? Egypt? I guess it couldn’t have been China, because they were also doing their own version of this several thousand miles away.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

The Romans were very open to having foreigners become citizens. Especially in the context of their time period.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

And enslaving a significant chunk of those foreigners, too.

And enslaving a significant chunk of their own folks too.

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