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Ancient and modern

Ancient and modern: Modern Egypt vs ancient Athens

24 August 2013

9:00 AM

24 August 2013

9:00 AM

Whatever problems Greeks and Romans faced, a politicised priesthood was not one of them. They might have made three observations on Egypt’s current plight.

First, though Roman emperors were autocrats, the plebs regularly expressed their displeasure at them, sometimes in street riots, over matters like food shortages. But they did so fully expecting the emperor to respond.

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