Re: Classic, Normal, and Vulgar Lingo

raccoon@ELKNET.NET wrote:
> What's Rhomaika? It looks to me like it should mean Roman, but I know
that's
> not right, since the historians were complaining about incorrect Greek.
It does mean "Roman" -- remember, the most populous and longest
lasting part of the Roman Empire spoke Greek, and so the
Greek-speaking Mediterranean world called themselves "Romans" long
after we think of the Roman Empire (the Latin-speaking Roman Empire)
as having "fallen" to the barbarians.  It's a very modern thing for
Greeks to call themselves "Hellenes" instead of "Romans" again.

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