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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1039738, member: 57463&quot;]Well, that is because they are <b>men</b>.&nbsp; A few years back, I attended a conference, &quot;Coinage and Identity in the Ancient World.&quot;&nbsp; One of the presenters spoke on Livia. If you limit your view to the constitution, then, yes, she &quot;pulled the strings&quot; without ruling directly.&nbsp; But if you ever held any elective office, then you appreciate the difference between the people who sit at the front of the room and the ones in the audience who really make decisions and get things done.&nbsp; The set of &quot;Rulers of Rome&quot; is not the same as &quot;Emperors on Coins.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tangentially, few of the Oxbridge guys ever worked behind a sales counter, so they spin airy theories about ancient commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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