r/ShitRedditSays • u/newsensitiveqaz • Aug 12 '26

Question: "Presence of Sub-Saharan Africans in Ancient Rome: How Common Were They?" Comment: "My guess is somewhere between 13 and 52" [+20]

/r/ancientrome/comments/1mnsjt4/comment/n87xocg/
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u/ItsAllRat Aug 14 '26

There's no way to know, but probably not a lot.

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u/newsensitiveqaz Aug 15 '26

That's not the point. The linked comment was referencing 13/52 - a known hate symbol used by racists against Black people to paint them as inherently violent.

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u/Glad_Gift522 Sep 16 '26

Maybe they are? quite a mystery

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u/TesseractToo Aug 15 '26

Huh. DIdn't know that one https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/1352-1390

Could also go in r/ShitAmericansSay

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u/Glad_Gift522 Sep 16 '26

i like math. it doesnt lie

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u/zzupdown Aug 13 '26

There were about 1 million in ancient city of Rome. There were about 1/1000th to 1/10th of 1% were from sub-Saharan Africa. Probably between 10 and 1000.