Ancient History Competition 24

Which Roman author “immortalised” Alcibiades’ favourite (?) pet?

Economic historian and numismatic consultant

8 Comments

  1. We thought about Plutarch…

    • You thought well! What was the thinking process behind the answer?

  2. Some sort of scepticism about the expression “Roman”.
    And cutting of a dog´s tail in order to produce a good topic for gossip, that´s really weird :)

  3. PLUTARCH IS NOT ROMAN. JUST A GRAECULUS PARASITE!!!!

    • Plutarch was a Roman citizen!

      • With more than a passing interest in Roman history and culture too, as I recall.

  4. Being a Roman citizen doesn’t necessarily make you Roman. What matters is language and culture. Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians etc were for many centuries a part of the Ottoman Empire, but that didn’t make them Turks!

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