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Where did you learn all this? I feel like I could have kept reading this post forever. If you have any books to recommend, that would be amazing.
by warent 8y ago
Where did you learn all this? I feel like I could have kept reading this post forever. If you have any books to recommend, that would be amazing.
- ryanmercer 8y agoA book titled "Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to Be" by Peter McAllister (bahahaha I just realized that's the same name from Home Alone). Everything in the book should be taken as liberal interpretation of history, however that being said he does cite where he gets facts and figures from so you can do your own research of the subjects. Here's a source of the 30k figure https://books.google.com/books?id=QMgsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=30,000+drachma+inscription&source=bl&ots=xAAKo4aegQ&sig=vcQu_BUxGqNpnrBeaUVWG8jxTWA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9q4nPlYTfAhUHvFkKHeB6Cz4Q6AEwBHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=30%2C000%20drachma%20inscription&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=QMgsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=P... Here's an article that actually puts Diocles worth 15 billion https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7942699/Wealth-of-todays-sports-stars-is-no-match-for-the-fortunes-of-Romes-chariot-racers.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/794...