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Race Result Details |
| Racer | Peter (pmont056) |
| Race Number | 23 |
| Date | Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:51:49 |
| Universe | new_english_texts |
| Speed |
71 WPM
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| Accuracy | 96.3% |
| Rank | 2nd place (out of 2) |
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Two hundred years after the age of Pliny, the use of pure, or even of mixed silks, was confined to the female sex, till the opulent citizens of Rome and the provinces were insensibly familiarized with the example of Elagabalus, the first who, by this effeminate habit, had sullied the dignity of an emperor and a man.
—
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
 (book)
by Edward Gibbon
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