Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhat were some slurs against other races, sexes etc like we do today in Roman times up until now? Like for ex what would be the equivelant of a Spartan calling a Athenian slur. Why type?message-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhat were some slurs against other races, sexes etc like we do today in Roman times up until now? Like for ex what would be the equivelant of a Spartan calling a Athenian slur. Why type?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoiirc ‘barbarian’ comes from a slur. “Those foreigners sound like sheep when they talk. Baa baa baa.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian
iirc ‘barbarian’ comes from a slur. “Those foreigners sound like sheep when they talk. Baa baa baa.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian