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Painting the Town

By Sam Gordon

What do you think of graffti? s it a respectable form of urban art? Or a crime that’s blighting our cities? The thing is, graffti is nothing new. Far from it.

The ancient Romans were keen grafftists. And we’ve learned much about them from their carvings on walls and monuments. Declarations of love, political slogans and philosophical statements were popular subjects in those days.

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