RE: Fun Bible Facts II
June 7, 2012 at 12:18 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2012 at 12:19 am by Minimalist.)
Political and propaganda reasons. The Greeks pulled the same shit when Herodotus wrote that the Persian army invading Greece numbered 2.1 million men.
Caesar wrote that a quarter of a million Gauls rallied to break the siege of Alesia.
Both numbers are fucking ridiculous and serve the same purpose. To make the victors look even more heroic than
they were.
Caesar wrote that a quarter of a million Gauls rallied to break the siege of Alesia.
Both numbers are fucking ridiculous and serve the same purpose. To make the victors look even more heroic than
they were.
