Weird, wild, and little-known facts about long-lost empires from the New York Times-bestselling author . . .
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- To fight off Roman ships in 300 BC, Carthaginians catapulted live snakes at them
- The Athenian lawmaker Draco died of suffocation when gifts of cloaks were showered upon him by grateful citizens at an Aegina theater in 620 BC
- A dead man won an early Olympic event
- Nero not only didn’t play a musical instrument while Rome burned, he actually tried to help—but he did scapegoat Christians afterward and subject them to terrible fates
Stupid Ancient History
Weird, wild, and little-known facts about long-lost empires from the New York Times-bestselling author . . .
- To fight off Roman ships in 300 BC, Carthaginians catapulted live snakes at them
- The Athenian lawmaker Draco died of suffocation when gifts of cloaks were showered upon him by grateful citizens at an Aegina theater in 620 BC
- A dead man won an early Olympic event
- Nero not only didn’t play a musical instrument while Rome burned, he actually tried to help—but he did scapegoat Christians afterward and subject them to terrible fates
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ISBN-13: | 9781449421588 |
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Publisher: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Publication date: | 05/24/2022 |
Series: | Stupid History , #14 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 183,557 |
File size: | 2 MB |
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