(May 26, 2012 at 10:04 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(May 21, 2012 at 7:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So Suetonius....writing nearly 100 years later...says.
And had the sea whipped as a punishment I believe.
But these are all showy dictators, the best were probably the ones that ruled well and didn't cause a fuss.
It eas xerxes who allegedly ordered Hellespont whipped. The alleger was horadotus, thus proving the Greeks too can't be trust with knowing what is true and what is self serving but crass propaganda.
