Mary Beard writes that Cicero denounced Gaius Verres on, among other things, his "profiteering of the corn supply" - but didn't corn only arrive to Europe with the Spanish/Portuguese in the 16th century? What was Cicero's "corn"?

by CheetoBenitoBurrito

Searocksandtrees

Hi, this is simply different meanings of "corn" in British English vs American English.

Here's /u/Aerandir with some more info:

scarlet_sage

You might like to see "What does Thucydides mean by ‘corn’?" by /u/deVerence and /u/YeahLinguisticsBitch .

This is not to discourage discussion. More questions are welcome.