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We know plenty about the lives of rich and powerful Romans – men such as Julius Caesar and Augustus. But Kim Bowes is more interested in those who worked for a living: the so-called 90 per cent. In this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, Kim tells Spencer Mizen about her endeavours to unearth the lost voices of the Roman empire's working people – from Egyptian farmers and entrepreneurial barmen to profit-hungry pimps. ––––– GO BEYOND THE PODCAST Don't miss this Life of the Week podcast featuring Edward Watts telling Spencer Mizen about Rome’s cruel and brilliant first emperor, Augustus:
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They were drinking imported wine from Gaza while they were making their own wine. They were using perfume in their sheepfolds.
“It has three different metal currencies. They're very often dealing with coins from different periods, that different weights. They are able to think in all of these different coins. they're able to think in terms of interest rates and fractions of interest rates. They do all of this math in their head”
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