• @CanadaPlus
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    23 months ago

    Did people hold this against Carus, in a superstitious way?

    • @PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      13 months ago

      Yes, it was suspected that he had in some way offended the gods by stretching too far into Persia.

      • @CanadaPlus
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        23 months ago

        Blasphemy. My Iupiter would want the Persians pushed to the Pacific and a little further yet!

        I regret that there’s not more surviving Persian sources.