They were selling that in ancient Rome, but you might think, but why just for burial?

人们在古罗马时期销售丧葬险,你可能会想,为什么只有丧葬险

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Actually, insurance goes back to ancient Rome in some form.

事实上从某种意义来说,保险业可以追溯到古罗马

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In ancient Rome they had something called burial insurance.

在古罗马时期,有种东西叫丧葬险

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According to the research of Ulrike Malmendier at Stanford, she thinks that the stock market in ancient Rome was done on the street-- on the Roman Forum--and she can tell you where.

根据斯坦福大学乌尔丽克克·马尔门迪尔的研究,她认为在古罗马,证券交易就在街边,或城市广场上促成,她能告诉你在哪

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