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@Daniel Filan apparently the "learning ancient Latin and Greek involves example texts about daily life heavily involving slaves" thing dates at least back to ancient Roman schools for learning Greek.

youtu.be/yc-JYUqIsI4?si=k-hcZi…

in reply to Ben Weinstein-Raun

the current chapters of my current textbook are about the kid going to school and doing a lesson and whining that the slave wasn't around to carry stuff for him.
in reply to Daniel Filan

altho they portray everyone doing stuff in unison, i guess to make it more relatable to modern people.
in reply to Ben Weinstein-Raun

Also thanks for the rec! I passed this up based on the thumbnail but it's really interesting!
in reply to Daniel Filan

Yeah I was kind of embarrassed to share it given the title, since apparently I clicked for some reason, but agree that it turned out to be interesting.