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Ancient Rome (city) seems to have experienced a significant drop in population between 100-400AD. How big was the problem of abandoned buildings? Did Abandoned buildings become places for squatters, artists, crime, or just left to rot, like today?

by /u/imnotgonnakillyou in /r/AskHistorians

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