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This is an odd and frankly somewhat silly idea I had today, when I brought up the topic of silphium, the plant used as a contraceptive by the ancient Greeks and Romans before being driven extinct.
I then asked myself - what if the plant had been rediscovered at some later date, and widely cultivated?
Thing is, my European social history knowledge isn't good enough to pinpoint a time when this could be most interesting - when I do know things, modern birth control is already coming into being.
My gut tells me sometime around the French Revolution could be fruitful.
I then asked myself - what if the plant had been rediscovered at some later date, and widely cultivated?
Thing is, my European social history knowledge isn't good enough to pinpoint a time when this could be most interesting - when I do know things, modern birth control is already coming into being.
My gut tells me sometime around the French Revolution could be fruitful.