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What's the biggest historical misconception that gets your goat?
Mine is that there was a set of non-overlapping ancient civilisations that went: Egyptians, then Greeks, then Romans. Like they were isolated points on a timeline happening one after the other.
Mine is that there was a set of non-overlapping ancient civilisations that went: Egyptians, then Greeks, then Romans. Like they were isolated points on a timeline happening one after the other.
To be fair, in primary school this is how I was taught! Like all the Greeks died, and then the Romans arrived. And the Romans simply picked up a book of Greek gods and went, cool, lets just give them different names!
It blew my mind when I found out the Romans, Ancient Greeks and Egyptians... ALL KNEW ABOUT EACH OTHER! That gods like Mars and Aries, weren't just one god repainted, that they even coexisted.
