{"id":48968,"date":"2025-01-26T18:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/stupid-ancient-history-stupid-history-book-14\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T18:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:54:22","slug":"stupid-ancient-history-stupid-history-book-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/stupid-ancient-history-stupid-history-book-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid Ancient History (Stupid History Book 14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\">$9.99<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Jan 26, 2025 18:54:22 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/B009EDVL0C?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n  Weird, wild, and little-known facts about long-lost empires from the New York Times-bestselling author\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. To fight off Roman ships in 300 BC, Carthaginians catapulted live snakes at them  The Athenian lawmaker Draco died of suffocation when gifts of cloaks were showered upon him by grateful citizens at an Aegina theater in 620 BC  A dead man won an early Olympic event\u00a0  Nero not only didn\u2019t play a musical instrument while Rome burned, he actually tried to help\u2014but he did scapegoat Christians afterward and subject them to terrible fates  Silly, shocking, weird, hilariously funny\u2014and outrageously\u00a0true\u2014the anecdotes in\u00a0Stupid Ancient History chronicle Greek philosophers, Roman conquerors, Egyptian mummies, and much more\u2014revealing little-known oddities and busting historic mythconceptions. Discover Biblical misattributions; the nine-year-old girl who spotted a bogus ancient relic in a British museum; the person Caesar salad was actually named after (not Julius)\u2014and much more!    <\/p>\n<p> ASIN                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 B009EDVL0C <br \/> Publisher                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC; Original ed. edition (October 16, 2012) <br \/> Publication date                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 October 16, 2012 <br \/> Language                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 English <br \/> File size                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 2900 KB <br \/> Text-to-Speech                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> Screen Reader                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Supported <br \/> Enhanced typesetting                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> X-Ray                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> Word Wise                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> Print length                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 254 pages <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-\">\n<h3 data-hook=\"cr-insights-heading-label\" class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the book an enjoyable and easy read with entertaining facts and information. 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