> few could afford anything like it all since most people were slaves who died young. while regular people did not have such fine dwellings, most of them were not slaves. even at the peak of rome, which already had a large % of slaves to begin with, they only became about 25% of the population.   because it is, they built buildings to last hundreds of years if not more, we build stuff to last 50 & get replaced by something taller that would house more slavelings .. i mean "citizens".   oh you're correct buddy, there is no "we" here! my people were actually a civilized society during the bronze age, while yours weren't civilized until late into antiquity by the romans ... and even than you were a backwater shithole.
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