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Re: BBC piece on HSR future
Author: Jay T
Date: 02-18-2021 - 16:41

yes Wrote:
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> synonymouse Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The military was the major constructor of the
> > viae.
> >
> > Rome's finances were mostly drawn from the
> plebs,
> > the "mob", not the senatorial or equestrian
> > classes. Sound familiar?
>
>
> Almost everything I know about Rome is from the
> TV. :)
>
> There was an episode of "I, Claudius" where an
> advisor to Emperor Claudius gave the emperor bogus
> cost-overrun projections for construction of the
> expanded harbor at Ostia. This advisor had
> investments in grain, and the new harbor would
> lower the price of grain. Claudius wasn't duped
> by him, and the project went forward.
>
> Surely there were corrupt schemers everywhere back
> then.


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  BBC piece on HSR future synonymouse 02-17-2021 - 11:38
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future E.H. Scaryman 02-17-2021 - 11:41
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future synonymouse 02-17-2021 - 12:12
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future Jon 02-18-2021 - 11:56
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future yes 02-17-2021 - 12:12
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future synonymouse 02-17-2021 - 12:19
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future An Observer 02-17-2021 - 12:59
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future E.H. Scaryman 02-17-2021 - 13:32
  And Montreal has gone downhill ever since U.V. Ray 02-17-2021 - 14:24
  ...... DeWitt Clinton 02-17-2021 - 17:49
  Re: And Montreal has gone downhill ever since Kardashiian (BBC luvr) 02-19-2021 - 18:08
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future yes 02-17-2021 - 19:09
  Re: BBC piece on HSR future Jay T 02-18-2021 - 16:41


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