01-09-2009, 11:12 AM
That stuff about size, smell, noise and terror seems to be a topos used by many ancient authors who never saw an elephant and copied time and again an exactly similar description. Rance has made a note of that and challenges the supposedly realistic description in some accounts.
PM me your email and/or postal address, I'll see if I can send you a copy.
PM me your email and/or postal address, I'll see if I can send you a copy.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)