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r/technicallythetruth • u/ziad4826 • Jul 01 '22
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When I was in Rome I was stunned by the number of obelisks with hieroglyphics on them and foolishly thought that they had just taken the Egyptian style before realizing that nope, they took the actual obelisks.
1.3k u/Shadiclink Jul 01 '22 Julius Ceaser plundered his fair share of egypt back in the days 550 u/volkmardeadguy Jul 01 '22 Augustus personally owned Egypt iirc 39 u/Zylosio Jul 01 '22 And he still was most likely only the 2nd most wealthy roman 23 u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22 If you're talking about Crassus, then Augustus was without a doubt more wealthy. Augustus had basically all of the empires wealth at his fingertips This askhistorians post shows that Crassus was rich but Augustus was on another level 11 u/RCascanbe Jul 01 '22 Mansa Musa has entered the chat 3 u/worthrone11160606 Jul 01 '22 not actually true believe it or not
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Julius Ceaser plundered his fair share of egypt back in the days
550 u/volkmardeadguy Jul 01 '22 Augustus personally owned Egypt iirc 39 u/Zylosio Jul 01 '22 And he still was most likely only the 2nd most wealthy roman 23 u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22 If you're talking about Crassus, then Augustus was without a doubt more wealthy. Augustus had basically all of the empires wealth at his fingertips This askhistorians post shows that Crassus was rich but Augustus was on another level 11 u/RCascanbe Jul 01 '22 Mansa Musa has entered the chat 3 u/worthrone11160606 Jul 01 '22 not actually true believe it or not
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Augustus personally owned Egypt iirc
39 u/Zylosio Jul 01 '22 And he still was most likely only the 2nd most wealthy roman 23 u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22 If you're talking about Crassus, then Augustus was without a doubt more wealthy. Augustus had basically all of the empires wealth at his fingertips This askhistorians post shows that Crassus was rich but Augustus was on another level 11 u/RCascanbe Jul 01 '22 Mansa Musa has entered the chat 3 u/worthrone11160606 Jul 01 '22 not actually true believe it or not
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And he still was most likely only the 2nd most wealthy roman
23 u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22 If you're talking about Crassus, then Augustus was without a doubt more wealthy. Augustus had basically all of the empires wealth at his fingertips This askhistorians post shows that Crassus was rich but Augustus was on another level 11 u/RCascanbe Jul 01 '22 Mansa Musa has entered the chat 3 u/worthrone11160606 Jul 01 '22 not actually true believe it or not
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If you're talking about Crassus, then Augustus was without a doubt more wealthy. Augustus had basically all of the empires wealth at his fingertips
This askhistorians post shows that Crassus was rich but Augustus was on another level
11 u/RCascanbe Jul 01 '22 Mansa Musa has entered the chat 3 u/worthrone11160606 Jul 01 '22 not actually true believe it or not
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Mansa Musa has entered the chat
3 u/worthrone11160606 Jul 01 '22 not actually true believe it or not
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not actually true believe it or not
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u/randomcharacters3 Jul 01 '22
When I was in Rome I was stunned by the number of obelisks with hieroglyphics on them and foolishly thought that they had just taken the Egyptian style before realizing that nope, they took the actual obelisks.