Thread 214102023

>Martial (c. 1st century CE, Epigrams)
>Writes about the tiny, crowded apartments and the struggle of ordinary Romans to find decent housing.

I imagine Italian real estate to be cheap based on this

>>214102023 (OP)
In one of Kalidasa's plays, a merchant laments that the Romans are buying up land from all the gold they have and the Brahmins are allowing sacred land to be sold to make a profit.