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by Balgair
2390 days ago
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The parallels to the Roman Grain Dole[0] cannot be missed. The Cura Annonae warped Rome from top to bottom, from calories, to shipping, to politics, to military; nearly every aspect of Rome was touched by it. Heck, it likely outlasted Rome herself. Those subsidies, like the current ones, run deep. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_Annonae#Politics_and_the_... |
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