{"id":5994,"date":"2025-09-22T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/?p=5994"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:42:47","slug":"four-slightly-different-ancient-roman-multitools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/four-slightly-different-ancient-roman-multitools\/","title":{"rendered":"Four (slightly different) Ancient Roman Multitools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruA2sB\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruA2sB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruFEUr\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruFEUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruzYvK\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruzYvK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruFA3U\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruFA3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*How many existed, when this tradition was in its heyday in the 2nd Century AD? Tens? Hundreds?  Thousands?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5998\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5998\" src=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801112347_ddab5333d1_o-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801112347_ddab5333d1_o-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801112347_ddab5333d1_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801112347_ddab5333d1_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801112347_ddab5333d1_o.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802197544_c0311f4017_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"692\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802197544_c0311f4017_o.jpg 760w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802197544_c0311f4017_o-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801102437_2f1e98bbac_o-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801102437_2f1e98bbac_o-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801102437_2f1e98bbac_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801102437_2f1e98bbac_o-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801102437_2f1e98bbac_o-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54801102437_2f1e98bbac_o-2048x1371.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6003\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6003\" src=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802213873_db62c0d23d_o-1024x1008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1008\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802213873_db62c0d23d_o-1024x1008.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802213873_db62c0d23d_o-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802213873_db62c0d23d_o-768x756.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54802213873_db62c0d23d_o.jpg 1508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruA2sB https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruFEUr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruzYvK https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ruFA3U *How many existed, when this tradition was in its heyday in the 2nd Century AD? 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