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Michael Rostovtzeff

Russian historian of ancient history.

Born November 10th, 1870 in Zhytomyr. [ref]

Died October 20th, 1952 at 81 years old in New Haven. [ref]

Occupations
archaeologist, art historian, classical archaeologist, classical scholar, economic historian, economist, historian, historian of classical antiquity, opinion journalist, social historian, university teacher
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Michael_Rostovtzeff

We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk