See of all the people you could have tried that line with, I'm the guy who has a major in ancient history.
The Romans used dice and cards extensively in gaming and recreational gambling dating back to as far as Pliny at least, as well as wagering on sporting events like races and gladiatorial combat.
Oh this will be fun. Go ahead and cite it for me. I'll take Pliny or Suetonious, your choice. Special attention to be paid to whether or not it was followed by the citizenry, public officials and whether the supposed prohibition actually banned wagering money and goods on things.
Oh man! Are we going to pretend that because lots of people drank during prohibition and it wasn’t evenly enforced that it wasn’t illegal? Special attention shows that even in Rome gambling on chance games like dice were considered degenerate behavior or that areas gambling occurred were considered crime havens.
Yeah gambling was banned by western society for centuries dating back to before and including Rome because its impact is minuscule. Great logic there!
See of all the people you could have tried that line with, I'm the guy who has a major in ancient history.
The Romans used dice and cards extensively in gaming and recreational gambling dating back to as far as Pliny at least, as well as wagering on sporting events like races and gladiatorial combat.
Try again?
See, you had to go “but people still gambled”!
Was Lex Talaria a law or not? I’ll wait!
Oh this will be fun. Go ahead and cite it for me. I'll take Pliny or Suetonious, your choice. Special attention to be paid to whether or not it was followed by the citizenry, public officials and whether the supposed prohibition actually banned wagering money and goods on things.
Are you trying to argue that legalization plays no role in proliferation? Because that's fucking retarded.
Oh man! Are we going to pretend that because lots of people drank during prohibition and it wasn’t evenly enforced that it wasn’t illegal? Special attention shows that even in Rome gambling on chance games like dice were considered degenerate behavior or that areas gambling occurred were considered crime havens.