Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries
Gresham College Lectures
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How Many Public Libraries Are in Rome Under Augustus?
In democratic, classical athens, we know that every adult male citizen had to be functionally literate. But again, being able to read is not the same as being able to write. There re diferent degrees of literacy. Do we know how many public libraries were in rome under augustus? Well, there were these three big ones i was talking about. These are the ones that offis write his poem. I don't know how many people in britain ever borrow books from libraries to day iv actul be interested now whether it was more than 20% Eh, but that's another question.
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