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> The cities likely had some form of guild system to prove claims like this. > The middle of nowhere you could prove yourself with a standardized piece of work
by mcphage 3y ago
> The cities likely had some form of guild system to prove claims like this.
> The middle of nowhere you could prove yourself with a standardized piece of work.
Which is why it's significant that none have been found in Rome, or any of the major warmer cities.
- yreg 3y agoWhy? This could have been just some local system in that region.
- TSiege 3y agoI think you and the poster are in agreement. The significance is that you wouldn't need knitted gloves in Mediterranean climates. So if this was for some other use or as a novelty, you'd expect it evenly distributed throughout the empire
- ffgjgf1 3y ago> you'd expect it evenly distributed throughout the empire Why? Large premodern states were almost never strongly culturally homogeneous. Especially below the upper class/elite level.