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Ancient Rome Used High Tariffs to Raise Money Too – and Created Other Economic Problems Along the Way
As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially ...
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Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too—and created economic problems
Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.
A Man Spent 6 Years Searching the Same Farm—and Finally Discovered a 1,900-Year-Old Roman Treasure
A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The ...
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Income Inequality May Have Caused the Collapse of the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty
Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.
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Why is the pope called Pontifex Maximus – a several thousand-year-old pagan Roman title?
The Roman emperors were central figures in the ancient Roman religion. The emperor also served as high priest, since he was ...
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Archaeologists Discover Evidence Of A Roman Settlement In Northern Germany — Beyond The Borders Of The Roman Empire
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an extensive Roman settlement in northwestern Germany — beyond the borders of the ...
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A Gladiator’s Marble-Etched Epitaph Is Found in an Ancient Roman Necropolis
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
Mercury gemstone and ritual knife found in Roman-era German Settlement
Discoveries challenge previous assumptions about Roman influence in the region, revealing extensive Roman activity and ...
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A Man Spent 6 Years Searching the Same Farm—and Finally Discovered a 1,900-Year-Old Roman Treasure
So how one of the coins from such a brief period ended up quite far from the Roman empire in a farmer’s fields in England is anyone’s guess. “I can only imagine a soldier traveled with it ...
A Roman Governor Ordered Jesus' Crucifixion So Why Did Many Christians Blame Jews For Centuries?
One account, written in the mid-second century or later, and not included in the New Testament, even claimed that Jesus' ...
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Melted, minted, miscounted: How one piece of gold can span millennia
Gold is prized for its beauty and rarity but it is also indestructible, the same piece changing forms through history and ...