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Tuesday, June 08, 2021
Abhorrent
Livy 23.5.13 (tr. J.C. Yardley):
To permit Italy to be a Numidian and Moorish
province—one only needs to be born in Italy to find this abhorrent.
Italiam Numidarum ac
Maurorum pati provinciam esse, cui non, genito modo in Italia, detestabile sit?