> This was true of the majority of places Rome conquered as well - although those places tended to produce much less writing to begin with anyway
Well in the Greek dominated Mediterranean it was the other way around. Chances are that without the Greeks we'd know even less about the early republic than we do. North of the Alps this is an understatement close to nothing was written down.
Well in the Greek dominated Mediterranean it was the other way around. Chances are that without the Greeks we'd know even less about the early republic than we do. North of the Alps this is an understatement close to nothing was written down.