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GreatEmperorAca t1_iv027m7 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 7:58 AM

Reply to comment by WhoaItsCody in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain

Did he really?

WhoaItsCody t1_iv0ww3z wrote on November 4, 2022 at 1:40 PM

I remember learning about Nero in school, but our teacher was probably just telling us “crazy emperor stories.

This one specifically I’m assuming, has been attributed to more than one emperor.