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Don’t you also have to figure in GDP, etc? It’s a relative number. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historical_figures#Early_modern_to_moder

• thesmallestcat 9y ago
  That's right, but the media doesn't think that way. It's always the most expensive painting sold ever, the biggest box office hit, and so on.