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Juvenal's "Satire 3" makes Rome and other classical cities look pretty unappealing. Were they really such miserable places, or is Juvenal wildly exaggerating? Would your average person have wanted to go live in the countryside if they could?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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