The burning of Persepolis is ambiguous in all the sources. Diodorus says it was deliberate revenge for Xerxes' burning of Athens; Arrian says it was a drunken party decision.

The fact that Carthaginian literary culture was essentially destroyed means we read about Carthage almost entirely through hostile sources — Greek and Roman — which is methodologically crippling.

Synth-wave hardware versus software debate is one I've landed firmly on the software side of, for practicality.

The Silk Road's impact on disease transmission is one of the most important and underappreciated topics in ancient history. Pandemic vectors follow trade routes.

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