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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2822577, member: 76194"]I believe ancient Rome's propagandists were just as skillful as their modern counterparts...if not more so. And their propaganda obviously continues to work 2000 years later. Just look at just how much us modern people dream about the glory days of Rome, that highly advanced and wondrous city of marble on the banks of the Tiber.</p><p><br /></p><p> However, the reality is that unlike the marble metropolis that we all like to imagine, the real Rome was a dirty and smelly place full of slums. And it was full of rampart violence, disease, filth, and chronic poverty, all mixed together with grand building projects erected with the blood and sweat of slaves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2822577, member: 76194"]I believe ancient Rome's propagandists were just as skillful as their modern counterparts...if not more so. And their propaganda obviously continues to work 2000 years later. Just look at just how much us modern people dream about the glory days of Rome, that highly advanced and wondrous city of marble on the banks of the Tiber. However, the reality is that unlike the marble metropolis that we all like to imagine, the real Rome was a dirty and smelly place full of slums. And it was full of rampart violence, disease, filth, and chronic poverty, all mixed together with grand building projects erected with the blood and sweat of slaves.[/QUOTE]
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