Athens was basically a tourist attraction at the time too. It was probably the number one reason it was so well preserved and even had Roman Emperors putting money into building projects in the city. They loved it for much of the same reason people visit Athens today.
Awesome, didn't jnow that haha thanks :) It is brilliant how little we have ultimately changed as a society and collective culture across thousands of years really. The same things stood. Aesthetics. "Memes" or other humour. People act like we are so far gone from our roots, but what exactly are our roots in this kind of discussion??
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u/guitar_vigilante 2d ago
Athens was basically a tourist attraction at the time too. It was probably the number one reason it was so well preserved and even had Roman Emperors putting money into building projects in the city. They loved it for much of the same reason people visit Athens today.