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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2033946, member: 19463&quot;]We all have to learn not to worry about spellings when dealing with languages both modern and ancient with their own rules and alphabets.&nbsp; Italian is particularly bad about changing Latin words to make them their own (sesterce, Imperatore Cesare Marco Aurelio Antonino Augusto).&nbsp; Greek names and Romanized forms can confuse if we allow them to but I hope all realize Cyzicus and Kyzikos are the same as are Hercules and Herakles.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather we not get too concerned about what is &#039;right&#039; as long as we can understand what is being said.&nbsp; The worst we see here might be the denomination names litra and obol, stater and didrachm, antoninianus and aurelianus etc.&nbsp; I&#039;m just glad we don&#039;t talk more about Chinese cash and the rulers with multiple names transliterated in multiple systems.&nbsp; I&#039;ll never be able to keep all that straight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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