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It’s refreshing to see this referred to as the Roman Empire during this time period.

Well, volcanoes and plagues are good reasons to
MOVE!..................

God.

The enormous costs associated with this bankrupted Roman Province Insurance company costing millions of denarius. The plague hit the Roman soldiers hard with legionaires disease.