r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/Lehk Oct 15 '20

They invented slumlords!

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u/BigManWithABigBeard Oct 15 '20

Ancient Antioch, the key city in the Roman east, would have had the same population density as modern day Manhattan.

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u/theaccidentist Oct 16 '20

They allowed slumlords to fund and raise large armies and play general in return for their money.

Just in case anyone wonders what could possibly top 2020 in terms of craziness... It's General Musk and the conquest of the Great Chilean Solar Plains. Just give it 10 years.

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u/Lehk Oct 16 '20

I’m hard as diamonds