Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHere's a historical reference for any history buffs out there.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down110
arrow-up1535arrow-down1imageHere's a historical reference for any history buffs out there.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·11 months agoOh god the wikipedia page has some vile descriptions too. Especially the last part for Mithridates In this way Mithridates, after suffering for seventeen days, at last expired. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaphism
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI learned this as spontaneous generation, the obsolete theory that life could appear directly from things that are not alive.
minus-squareStereoTrespasser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·11 months agoI like how everyone is just ignoring this part: However, Ctesias’s credibility is questionable due to his reputation for fanciful and exaggerated narratives.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoNo it’s more about the horror of the story than the legitimacy of it.
Oh god the wikipedia page has some vile descriptions too. Especially the last part for Mithridates
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaphism
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I learned this as spontaneous generation, the obsolete theory that life could appear directly from things that are not alive.
I like how everyone is just ignoring this part:
No it’s more about the horror of the story than the legitimacy of it.