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archivist1
The psychological effect of being a member of a formerly great civilization that has decayed in significance is not trivial. I wonder how societies deal with this "cultural status anxiety" through art.

Italians these days seem to emphasize how they are experts at "enjoying life". I wonder if this was always the case, or if this is in some sense a compensation for lost glory.

easytiger
Portugal is interesting too. Lisbon, formerly a great port now a tourist jam packed nightmare.

I wonder if "new industrial" cities in asia will have the same artefacting 200 years

LocutusOfBlorg
Tiny little bug: the Christian date system doesn't use a year zero. The year before A.D. 1 was 1 B.C.
diminish
I think the invention of zero is a bit later.
lihaciudaniel
Really makes you think. That's when civilization started, that's when humanity reached the peak of human glory from there on we only live in the shadow of what once there was.