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Death of the last pagan Roman Emperor, Julian the Apostate, fatally wounded on June 26, 363 AD. SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS (lemmy.world)

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[–] Pooptimist 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why would he in battle just wearing a toga?

[–] PugJesus 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Funny enough, it's what killed him. Julian rushed off to bolster his men during a surprise attack, but was in such a rush that he didn't put his armor on. For that reason, a Persian soldier managed to impale him with a javelin, and he spent the next three days slowly dying.

Moral of the story - put your damn armor on before battle.

[–] Pooptimist 3 points 5 months ago

Wow, thanks for clarifying! Very interesting!