History is nothing if not far-fetched.

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History is nothing if not far-fetched. History, in the hands of writers, becomes a work of fiction. It’s made to seem more real than it actually is. The way history gets written can have an effect on what you believe happened in the past.

If someone writes something like, “Oh, this happened in 100 AD,” it doesn’t mean anything. All it means is that the person who wrote it had no idea when these events occurred or who was involved in them.

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