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Ancient Roman souvenir cup with the names and depictions of popular gladiators at the time, 1st century AD
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No, we haven't changed much at all. Just fancier ways of satisfying those same thoughts. XD
Rome has a lot of oddities like this, as it had a high-functioning market economy, massive industrial sector (especially the expansion of cheap glasswork), and large consumer base. So you see a lot of little oddities that seem positively modern, because they were appealing to the same consumerist instincts that 19th-21st century societies would later cater to. Consumer goods from utilitarian to goofy to elegant to kitsch!