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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 44

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/11/history-matrix-part43/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 573 AD, after Emperor Justin II refused to pay the annual tribute to Persian King Khosrau I, the Byzantine–Sassanid War was reignited. After a six-month siege, King Khosrau I captured the Byzantine/Roman stronghold of Dara.Also, a smaller Persian army crossed the Euphrates River and ravaged Syria. The cities of Apamea and Antiochia were plundered. In Europe, the Frankish […]

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 40

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part39/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 506 AD, Emperor Anastasius I accepted a peace agreement with the Sasanian Empire (Persia,) allegedly based on status quo. In Europe, King Alaric II issued the “Lex Romana Visigothorum,” also known as “Breviary of Alaric;” an abstract of Roman laws and imperial decrees, compiled by a commission appointed to provide a law code for Alaric’s Roman subjects. The

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 39

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part38/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ By 480 AD, Emperor Zeno officially dissolved the east and west co-emperorship, ruling as the first sole emperor of Rome in 85 years. As we now have entered the middle-ages, the remaining Eastern Roman Empire, where Zeno was located, was now known and referred to as the Byzantine Empire, mainly because the seat of rulership was moved from Rome

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 32

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part31/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ By 340 AD, it was said that Constantinople, the capital of Emperor Constantius II, became the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Rome, the capital of his brother Constans.After infighting among the three brothers about territory, and by the influence of the Popes in Rome, who favored the new Roman version of Christianity over Arianism, Constantine

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 30

Due to time restraints, there will be no recap of the last part. All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 301 AD, Emperor Diocletian issued a reform that revaluated the Roman currency. In 302 AD, Emperor Diocletian persecuted the Manichaeans, the new and most followed religion in Persia, accusing them of being a Persian fifth column (a group who undermine a larger group or a nation from within, usually in

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 27

In part 26, an aunt of assassinated Caracalla declared her grandson Elagabalus, age 14, emperor of Rome. After defeating the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus, the new young emperor was initiated into the worship of the Phrygian/Anatolian goddess Cybele, which lead to several controversial marriages, especially when he married a Vestal Virgin, a priestess who had sworn thirty years of service and to maintain her chastity throughout. Elagabalus also claimed to be bisexual, and his open

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