this is WRONG. they LOVED bureaucracy. romans invented the concept of a building inspector!!! augustus capped apartment blocks at 70 ft because they kept pancaking on tenants, nero wrote an entire building code after rome burned in 64 ad, including mandating wider streets…
inherited the throne at 3yo, cousin tried to usurp her THREE TIMES and had threw him into the dungeon, had an entire realm of male lords loyal to HER, ruled for decades, was so disgustingly rich that the crown had to ask HER for gold. How can you not stan? SHE WAS THE ECONOMY.