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Papyrus was also very cheap; it also makes for an excellent writing surface. The Romans didn't quite have paper, but they had something functionally equivalent
by quotemstr 8y ago
Papyrus was also very cheap; it also makes for an excellent writing surface. The Romans didn't quite have paper, but they had something functionally equivalent and good enough to run their society.
- curtis 8y agoInterestingly the Romans sometimes wrote on cards that were essentially wooden shavings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindolanda_tablets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindolanda_tablets.