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Pre-literate memory and truth value: two witnesses in a trial in Ancient Greece or pre-Imperial Rome give two slightly differing accounts of the same event. Is the assumption in these cultures that one of them is lying, or did they recognize that one or both could simply be mistaken?

by /u/screwyoushadowban in /r/AskHistorians

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