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Rome. Economist Ulrike Malmendier has argued, citing quotations from people like Cicero, that Rome's societas publicanorum amounted to a type of corporation, with legal contract powers and shares (called partes) that fluctuated in value.

Rome. Economist Ulrike Malmendier has argued, citing quotations from people like Cicero, that Rome's societas publicanorum amounted to a type of corporation, with legal contract powers and shares (called partes) that fluctuated in value.

Rome. Economist Ulrike Malmendier has argued, citing quotations from people like Cicero, that Rome's societas publicanorum amounted to a type of corporation, with legal contract powers and shares (called partes) that fluctuated in value.

Rome. Economist Ulrike Malmendier has argued, citing quotations from people like Cicero, that Rome's societas publicanorum amounted to a type of corporation, with legal contract powers and shares (called partes) that fluctuated in value.

2. The corporation, as an entity with publicly owned stock shares, may predate medieval Europe. If that's true, which ancient civilization may have been its birthplace?

The Nasdaq Composite stock market index is seen inside their studios at Times Square in New York on April 1. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Egypt
Mesopotamia
Mayan civilization
Rome

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