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[โ€“] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Something tells me the working class Roman wasn't doing that shit.

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

There's graffiti jokingly referencing the Aeneid scribbled on the walls of Pompeii, funny enough. Art can be surprisingly universal, and literacy, at least in urban areas, was considerably widespread!