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Yes, but they were imprecise and inconsistent. The Roman Empire had a motive to take a census (for things such as taxation of its subjects) and the means to en
by graemep 1y ago
Yes, but they were imprecise and inconsistent.
The Roman Empire had a motive to take a census (for things such as taxation of its subjects) and the means to enforce it over a wide area, neither of which survived its fall.
- vidarh 1y agoHence: > I have no problem believing that they were imprecise I only took issue with the claim they were invented that late.