The original Roman constitution (Mommsen 1.5) Mommsen continues to reveal something of his personal feelings when talks about such things as nature furnishing the Romans with the perfect order for Continue Reading →
A modern ‘ancient’ Greek dialect discovered? This has been making the rounds: a remote, Muslim community has been found speaking (and notably not writing) a dialect of Greek apparently quite clos Continue Reading →
Reading Rome (Mommsen, 1.4) Mommsen continues to rely upon dubious etymology to make historical conjectures, but several times seems aware of the relative unimportance of such sp Continue Reading →
