An American Finding Out The Romans Weren’t From America

I will never forget the moment an American asked me where in the United States ancient Rome was located. Not if I'd been to Rome. Not how close it was to Italy. Where. In. America. They genuinely believed the Roman Empire, togas and gladiators and Julius Caesar and all, was just another chapter in American history, somewhere between the Pilgrims and the Civil War. I stood there in complete silence, my brain trying to process what I'd just heard, wondering if this was some kind of elaborate joke I wasn't getting. But their face was completely serious. Genuinely curious. Waiting for my answer like I was about to tell them which state capital they'd forgotten.

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