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Unpopular but, the south of italy is a middle eastern country, in all metrics.
by sparrowInHand 3y ago
Unpopular but, the south of italy is a middle eastern country, in all metrics.
- lou1306 3y agoUnpopular? One of Italy's most popular historians likes to joke that, back in ancient Rome, any budding politician would have taken a post in Syria or Lybia over one in Gaul or (shudders) Britannia any day of the week. And every time, the audience just laughs and nods. The Mediterranean was a highway, not a frontier.
- HPsquared 3y agoMore like Greece, I think.
- AngaraliTurk 3y agoI've heard and read Greece being compared to the Middle East as well, more than one time.
- pmontra 3y agoMost of it used to be Greek colonies before Roman expansion, so yes.