Famous Roman siege thought to have lasted years ended in 'mere weeks'-New study

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Post by historynops » Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 9:37 PM UTC

Famous Roman siege thought to have lasted years ended in 'mere weeks'-New study
independent.co.uk

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Post by 31337Logic » Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 9:44 PM UTC

Amazing!

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Post by vondur » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 2:05 AM UTC

What is going on with the article? They have a link referring to the siege that goes to another article about Donald Trump?

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Post by Jtsummers » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 3:31 AM UTC

vondur wrote: post #3

What is going on with the article? They have a link referring to the siege that goes to another article about Donald Trump?

That's funny, but it seems to be keying off Masada. Either a (somewhat, how many people will find that "easter egg"?) subtle dig at Trump or a messy job linking based on keywords in the article to past articles.

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Post by glennvtx » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 6:33 AM UTC

That seige is listed in every major work of antiquity as being months, not years.