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We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.

Michael Rostovtzeff

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Michael Rostovtzeff
Age: 81 †
Born: 1870
Born: January 1
Died: 1952
Died: January 1
Archaeologist
Classical Archaeologist
Classical Scholar
Economic Historian
Economist
Historian
Historian Of Classical Antiquity
Zhitomir
M. Rostovtzeff
Michel Rostovtzeff
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtsev
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