Exilium
Sep 21st 2019, 8:56 pm
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Exilium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile
Let us not romanticise the experience. "Being an expat" is the modern version of "Exilium" in Imperial Rome.
Whether you are in Dubai, recruiting honkies to work for the Emiratis or are slaving away as a sparkie in Oz, there is nothing romantic about it.
Let us not romanticise the experience. "Being an expat" is the modern version of "Exilium" in Imperial Rome.
Whether you are in Dubai, recruiting honkies to work for the Emiratis or are slaving away as a sparkie in Oz, there is nothing romantic about it.
Sep 22nd 2019, 4:44 pm
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Re: Exilium
Yer bum’s oot the windae, man.
Sep 22nd 2019, 6:24 pm
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Re: Exilium
Would you care to elucidate ?
Sep 22nd 2019, 9:58 pm
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Re: Exilium
Even if you adopt the voluntary meaning for exile rather than being banished, voluntary exile was used to avoid punishment. I don't see how Expat = Exile.
History of Roman Exile | Ovid and the Censored Voice
History of Roman Exile | Ovid and the Censored Voice
Sep 23rd 2019, 1:52 pm
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Re: Exilium
No jobs at home so people go an work in a foreign land. That sounds like exile to me.Migration is economic.
