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b_emery on Feb 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why ancient Roman graffiti is so important to arch...

Here, try this instead. Some hilarious stuff. No adds, i'm pretty sure it's circa 1995:

http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti%20from%2...

GnarfGnarf on Feb 12, 2016 [–]

"Gaius Pumidius Dipilus was here on October 3rd 78 BC"

That's apocryphal, right? How did he know it was "BC"?

lostlogin on Feb 13, 2016 | [–]

It gets weirder when you consider that Christ was most likely born between 7 and 2 BC.

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