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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Actually the Roman empire begin with Augustus (31 BC) and lasted for about 500 years.
In 10,000 BC Rome hadn't even been thought of. Rome began as a small city in 753 BC.
The numbers in the quoted post are about 8,000 years off (give or take)...
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Great point ... pre-Roman times is better ... but the African Humid Period was a time when it was the bread-basket of Mediterranean region, when Lake Chad was the largest lake in the world.