Thursday, May 25, 2023
Aliens and Enemies
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 11.55.2 (reported speech of Gaius Claudius; tr. Earnest Cary):
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For all who attempted to disturb the established customs and to corrupt their ancient form of government, he said, were aliens and enemies of the commonwealth.
ἅπαντας γὰρ τοὺς ἐπιχειροῦντας τὰ πάτρια κινεῖν ἔθη καὶ τὸν κόσμον τοῦ πολιτεύματος τὸν ἀρχαῖον διαφθείρειν ἀλλοτρίους καὶ πολεμίους εἶναι τῆς πόλεως.
