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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1430603, member: 19463&quot;]This statement can only come when someone thinks what goes for one ancient people is true for all ancient people.&nbsp; Some ancients were all about aesthetics; others all authority; yet others about weight standards or practicality for trade use.&nbsp; Many (most??) blended the three to some degree.&nbsp;&nbsp; My modern biased mind often wonders why some periods made so little use such a tool for political communication but we don&#039;t do it now in many countries so I should not be surprised.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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