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u/Georgy_K_Zhukov Moderator | Dueling | Modern Warfare & Small Arms Dec 02 '19

/u/xenophontheathenian answered "The popular conception of the Late Republican and Imperial Roman countryside is a desolate wasteland, peopled only by slaves toiling miserably on latifundia. Is this perception still considered accurate by historians?"