Hannah Čulík-Baird has recently published “Erasing the Aethiopian in Cicero’s Post Reditum in Senatu, in Ramus 51.2 (2023), 182-202. In this article, Professor Čulík-Baird argues that the word “aethiops” (removed from the text by most editors) is legitimate, and evidence of a racist “joke” in Cicero. You can read the article here (with VPN access).
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