Stupid Ancient History

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By Leland Gregory

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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
  • Silly, shocking, weird, hilariously funny—and outrageously true—the anecdotes in Stupid Ancient History chronicle Greek philosophers, Roman conquerors, Egyptian mummies, and much more—revealing little-known oddities and busting historic mythconceptions. Discover Biblical misattributions; the nine-year-old girl who spotted a bogus ancient relic in a British museum; the person Caesar salad was actually named after (not Julius)—and much more!
    Stupid Ancient History