The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.


The Hutchinson history of the world (ed. Hutchinson Radius, 1976)


The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the...

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the...

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the...

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the...