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Warpy

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2. I have and I haven't
Tue Feb 6, 2024, 07:22 PM
Feb 2024

While there's a chance there's a new (to us) history or poetry or play, there's an equal chance the whole library consists of bills of lading for whips bringing in olive oil or grain from northern Africa. While mildly interesting to historians, it would leave the rest of us cold. Herculaneum was a robust seaside town, but it worked for a living, much more so than its larger and better known party town neighbor.

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