English Grammar

by Wunderkin

3. regular

3.1. regular-past

Before the invention of printing, people wrote newspapers by hand. For example, over two thousand years ago, the Chinese government employed educated people to write the news. At about the same time, Julius Caesar, the leader of the huge and powerful Roman Empire, put a daily newspaper on the wall of a government building. Because most people were illiterate in both China and Rome the governments also paid people to read the news aloud. This meant that ordinary people who could not read could also hear the news.