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An interesting story of how a silver denarius, minted over 2,000 years ago, reveals efforts taken by Ancient Rome to counter voter intimidation and manipulation during elections.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That is very interesting to learn from a coin minted 2150+ years ago.