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The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire

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Hacker News | Oct 14, 2026 | mikk14

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This is the most complete collection to date of Latin inscriptions from the period of the Roman Empire that we know of. Specifically, the calculation of the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). Because the inscriptions have precise latitude and longitude coordinates, we don’t need to use Roman provinces to calculate ECI: any geographical division will do.

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