Demonax

BETA

• Archaic Period
• Classical Period
• Hellenistic Period
• Roman Period
• Byzantine Period
• Unknown Period

There was a certain Polybius, completely uneducated and ill-spoken, who said, “The emperor has honored me with Roman citizenship.” To which Demonax responded, “If only he'd made you a Greek rather than a Roman.”:
Lucian of Samosata, Life of Demonax

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