• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 month ago

    Caesar doesn’t actually mention the pirate incident in his Commentarii! Suetonius and Plutarch both do though.

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      1 month ago

      Interesting. Of course, their being early Imperial writers just kicks the propaganda can down the road a bit (LOL), but I’d say it makes it somewhat more likely that something happened.