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Swoony heartthrob Antinous, as the god Silvanus, by Antonianos of Aphrodisias, AD 130-138. Whatever Hadrian saw in him, he was certainly a good-looking young chap. Terrible swimmer, mind.
Swoony heartthrob Antinous, as the god Silvanus, by Antonianos of Aphrodisias, AD 130-138. Whatever Hadrian saw in him, he was certainly a good-looking young chap. Terrible swimmer, mind.
February 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#AnceintBluesky #ReliefWednesday #RomanHistory
Swoony heartthrob Antinous, as the god Silvanus, by Antonianos of Aphrodisias, AD 130-138. Whatever Hadrian saw in him, he was certainly a good-looking young chap. Terrible swimmer, mind.
Swoony heartthrob Antinous, as the god Silvanus, by Antonianos of Aphrodisias, AD 130-138. Whatever Hadrian saw in him, he was certainly a good-looking young chap. Terrible swimmer, mind.
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Because paying for things once was boring, humans soon invented taxes. But how much tax did Romans have to pay on goods? Let's find out!
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Because paying for things once was boring, humans soon invented taxes. But how much tax did Romans have to pay on goods? Let's find out!
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How Much Was Everything Taxed?
The Romans loved nothing more than a bit of petty bureaucracy, and of all the petty bureaucratic exercises in which they revelled, none was as exciting to the box-ticking Roman psyche as the census.
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March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Because paying for things once was boring, humans soon invented taxes. But how much tax did Romans have to pay on goods? Let's find out!
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Because paying for things once was boring, humans soon invented taxes. But how much tax did Romans have to pay on goods? Let's find out!
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