So, listening to The History of Rome podcast, the speaker has mentioned several interesting parallels to current events.
Such as when one of the early Emperors needed money, so he instituted something called “prescription”, where wealthy Romans were forced to Will all of their property and wealth to the government, and then commit suicide.
Ok, ok, that’s not the parallel. But, aside from the natural horror of this, the sudden glut of real estate put up for sale made prices fall. There was suddenly too much supply, and everyone was poorer because of it. So much less money was gained from this initial endeavor.
Now, I recently heard this gem
