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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Carlin	BS: some interesting Etamology (48)	RE: BS: some interesting Etamology	11 Oct 00
re:Barbarian..... In Rome (during the Republic anyway) citizens shaved and slaves wore beards....in Greece it was the opposite. The custom in Rome changed after Hadrian became Emporer. He had a birthmark on his face and he wore a beard to cover it. After his reign it was a matter of personal taste. The Greek root of Barbarian is Barbarismos (foreigner). It has been a while since I studied Latin, but I seem to remember beard as barbus, not barbarus.

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