Tom Holland on Rome’s golden age
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The Importance of Trajan
There's no question that Roman society is incredibly unequal. The wealth that is owned by the people who qualify to serve as senators is stupefyingly beyond the dreams of the average Roman. But there is a level of prosperity in this period that some economists have said approaches the prosperity, say, of the Dutch Republic or England in the 17th century. And when Rome collapses would not be seen again for many centuries.
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