Prof. Schlevogt’s Compass No. 51: Persian Armageddon, rewired – Seven repercussions of the Iran war

Dark rumor has long held that the Roman emperor Nero set Rome ablaze in search of inspiration for a song on the destruction of Troy. Judicious historians and classicists dismiss this account as apocryphal.

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