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How modern/recent is the concept of "retirement"? Did people of the the Roman/ancient civilizations "retire" the same way we did? By extension, how modern/ancient is the concept of a retirement savings account/401k/etc?

by /u/hairthrowaway10oct17 in /r/AskHistorians

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