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History
fromMedievalists.net
17 hours ago

How the ninety percent experienced the Roman economy, with Kim Bowes - Medievalists.net

Most Romans experienced varied monetization, modest affluence, and widespread precarity, with skeletal and material evidence revealing differentiated consumption across the ninety percent.
Women
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Five ways women have historically powered the economy

Women produced and traded cloth as global currency and actively owned and operated businesses and resources, powering trade and urban economies from the Bronze Age to Rome.
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