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Tue Nov-16-04 02:59 PM
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Jews became moneylenders because the early church said Christians would go to hell if they earned interest, but the nobles still needed to borrow to build castles and fight wars. Had nothing to do with the Roman empire. Any Roman could lend money.
Rome was a Republic before it was an Empire, just like us, and it was the primary model for our "founding fathers."
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