• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Explanation: The Roman Emperor Valentinian was a man who had an infamously short and powerful temper. During a dispute with Germanic tribes, the emissaries of the Germanics said that the conflict was the fault of the Romans, and that in any case, the Germanics were not bound by any treaties they made with the Romans.

    Emperor Valentinian got so angry that he had a stroke then and there, and subsequently died.

    • CanadaPlusEnglish
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      11 days ago

      The first part may or may not have been true. The second part is pretty obnoxious and I can’t even blame Valentinian for getting worked up.

      Is it recorded if they punished the Quadi for their psychic warfare?

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Is it recorded if they punished the Quadi for their psychic warfare?

        I don’t think so, though, to be fair, what do you do against men whose speechcraft is so high they can inflict lethal damage with their words?