Non-citizens & constitutional change (Mommsen 1.6) One of the difficulties of Dickson’s translation is the use of the word ‘burgess’ where we should prefer ‘citizen.’ ‘Burgess’ sounds archaic and sugge Continue Reading →
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 →
