The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire

 (michelecoscia.com)

27 points | by mikk14 2 days ago

5 comments

  • robertacion 30 minutes ago
    The last paragraph is a reference to Cato the Elder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthago_delenda_est

    "As a third and final action point, I am of the opinion that Carthage must be destroyed."

  • robotomir 27 minutes ago
    So they estimate economic complexity by the number of discovered Latin documents or inscriptions. Wasn't Greek prevalent in the East?
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    • yorwba 3 minutes ago
      Which is why the title explicitly names the Western Roman Empire, and the article briefly discusses data issues with Greek inscriptions near the end.
  • geniium 32 minutes ago
    Wanted to read more on this
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    • justin_dash 3 minutes ago
      Same here - I suppose this article did what it was supposed to do - give a short primer introducing the topic and if you want to see how they computed this look at the paper!
  • db48x 1 hour ago
    Server died already?
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  • KaseyKim 55 minutes ago
    impressive