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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/GammSunBurst on 2023-10-06 15:41:12.

In terms of surviving literature, art, artifacts, buildings, language, and other pieces of history how much do we really know about the Roman Empire from just barely scratching the surface to being able to reconstruct life throughout the Empire?