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The historian Arnaldo Momigliano once said Tacitus’ Germania and the Iliad were two of the most dangerous books in history. I understand the argument for the Germania, but why did he consider the Iliad to be so dangerous?

by /u/westcoastlawboy in /r/AskHistorians

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