Have there every been "leaks" in the past? Like did

>>1435935
How exactly would a Roman "release them to the public"? Post them on the wall in your local inn? Who would believe a drunk in an inn?

>>1435947
Well that's why I'm asking.

Does martin luther count as a leak?

>>1435959
How many leaks did he take?

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>>1435935
Sort of. Ammianus Marcellinus has some great anecdotes of crazy bureaucratic fuckups in the later Roman Empire.

>be noble of Leptis Magna in Libya
>bunch of bumfuck Berbers raid us
>ask the local Roman commander for assistance
>Comes Romanus demands 4000 camels and supplies before he'll act
>raids mean we cannot afford shit, complain to the emperor with a petition
>Romanus has friends at court and emperor Valentinian calls for an investigation
>sends an envoy to inspect Leptis
>Romanus rushes back and bribes the shit out of him
>the envoy reports everything is fine, clearly we were lying
>our deputation to the emperor to explain what was going on and Romanus' bribery takes months to reach the capital
>emperor by now is pissed at us and orders some other nobles' tongues to be cut out for lying
>takes literally a full decade for the truth to come out leading to suicides by half of the actors involved
>while all of this happens Leptis continues to sink into decay, the birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus
>raiders fuck up our olive orchards cutting down our primary source of income
>can't even afford slave girls to fuck

Don't even get me started on the Silvanus affair.

>>1436026
That's kickass, can I get you started on the Silvanus affair?