Roman Empire GDP per Capita Map Shows That Romans Poorer Than Countries Todaybrilliantmaps.com 5 pointsmathattack1 month ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−db48x1moCorrect, they had so very few capital improvements back then. They leveraged the ones they had quite well, but they were just dirt poor. You yourself have luxuries that even the most fabulously wealthy Senator or Emperor would envy.−kderbyma1moAh...get a good whiff that....woohee...good ole GDP. Useful for everything. Its like the duct tape of economic theory−hulitu1moThey were so poor that they didn't have any airports.
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Correct, they had so very few capital improvements back then. They leveraged the ones they had quite well, but they were just dirt poor. You yourself have luxuries that even the most fabulously wealthy Senator or Emperor would envy.
Ah...get a good whiff that....woohee...good ole GDP. Useful for everything. Its like the duct tape of economic theory
They were so poor that they didn't have any airports.