What knowledge did, let's say a blacksmith in Tolosa or a farmer near Mediolanum, have about the past? Did they know who Gaius Julius Ceasar, Kleopatra, Nero, Marc Aurel, Romulus or Alexander the Great were? I am talking here about the mid 5th century before the fall of the Western Empire.
Was their knowledge like,
A) G. J. Caesar was a dictator of the Roman State and got killed by Senators. He had a love affair with the Queen of Egypt and his adoptive son was the first Augustus of Rome.
B) Caesar was a mighty politician who was murdered and had a affair with an exotic queen. His son became Emperor.
C) Caesar was killed and then his son became emperor.
D) Emperor Gaius Julius was a guy who died.
E) Who?
Was their knowledge like,
A) G. J. Caesar was a dictator of the Roman State and got killed by Senators. He had a love affair with the Queen of Egypt and his adoptive son was the first Augustus of Rome.
B) Caesar was a mighty politician who was murdered and had a affair with an exotic queen. His son became Emperor.
C) Caesar was killed and then his son became emperor.
D) Emperor Gaius Julius was a guy who died.
E) Who?