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Why is conquest instead of pestilence

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It's more common for pestilence than conquest as it will be redundant for war and conquest when they are thought of as the same 24.214.117.142 (talk) 22:45, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cretan origin to Nerva-Antonine dynasty?

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The section on the White Horse seems to imply the Five Good Emperors or some of them were of Cretan origin, and cites a book I can’t get hold of. The link via archery is also weak - archers were common motif throughout the Graeco-Roman world. What is this about? Nothing I can find refers to any of them having Cretan ancestry. If this is some scholar’s speculation, it should at least be clarified. 2600:1017:B80A:DDB6:E020:BA23:6632:4909 (talk) 17:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - I removed that para. I bet the book is on the internet though. Johnbod (talk) 19:51, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]