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1. Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 00:43:04 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

   Turns out the trend of asking the men in your life how often they #PonderAncientRome originated in Sweden a year ago.

   It reached me this week with some influencer expressing astonishment over how often her partner would, without her realizing it, ponder Ancient Rome.

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   • veer66 (veer66@mstdn.in.th)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 00:43:02 UTC veer66

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     @clacke I didn't think about Roman Empire until I read your post.

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   • Björn Lindström (bkhl@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 00:43:15 UTC Björn Lindström

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     @clacke given how generously they define this it seems strange if you wouldn't. Several of my favourite philosophers lived then, so everytime I think of some of their advice does that count? If so why not every time someone thinks of a New Testament quotation?

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   • hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 00:43:19 UTC hypolite

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     @clacke Barely ever for myself. It's confirmed to be a Sweden-specific behavior.
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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 02:03:59 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • veer66

     @veer66 Maybe Thailand is one of the least likely places to suffer from Roman attachment, having never been colonized by the European empires. =)

     Do you ever think of any ancient societies more relevant to Thailand and what they mean for society today?

     Dvaravati? Emperor Ashoka? The Tang dynasty? Ancient Malay states?