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Offline DemolitionMan

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Who's Afraid Of Cyrus The Great?
« on: October 31, 2017, 09:32:50 am »
Radio Free Europe

Iran's authorities appear to be taking measures to prevent citizens from gathering at the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the first king of Persia, in celebration of Cyrus Day.

The ancient king's big event is to be held on October 29, which many believe is the day he conquered Babylon.

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-fears-persian-king-cyrus-day-gathering-nationalist-chants/28821191.html
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"Of Arms and Man I Sing"-The Aenid written by Virgil-Virgil commenced his epic story of Aeneas and the founding of Rome with the words: Arma virumque cano--"Of arms and man I sing.Aeneas receives full treatment in Roman mythology, most extensively in Virgil's Aeneid, where he is an ancestor of Romulus and Remus. He became the first true hero of Rome

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Re: Who's Afraid Of Cyrus The Great?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2017, 11:25:52 am »
Everybody says that Cyrus is the one and only.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcc2ltIjNU0
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