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Romans left a lot of writings so you get a detailed history of some periods where other population like the Dacian that did not have writing we get just a few d
by simion314 8y ago
Romans left a lot of writings so you get a detailed history of some periods where other population like the Dacian that did not have writing we get just a few details about them and some of those details are from Roman or Greek writings.
- Amezarak 8y agoYes, this is exactly it. We have tons and tons and tons of documents from ancient Greece and Rome. On the other hand, we have much more writings on Persia written by Greeks and Romans than we do on Persians written by Persians: most of our knowledge of ancient Persia is via the Greeks and Romans! The sad reality of history is that having contemporaneous writings by the people involved adds a lot more color and detail to history than archeology, so people are naturally more interested - there's more that can be known!