Israel and Iran are threatening each other, but "The Levant is threatening Persia" wouldn't make sense as a 55 BCE statement, as Rome is, well, not the Levant. The only reason it works as a 260 AD statement is because the Roman territory Persia is invading is in the Levant, and thus relies on the Levant being used as a region, rather than a political actor, to make the 260 AD comparison valid.
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PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Oh what's the lore? (Both in present and the past)
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
In 260 AD, the Sassanids invaded the Roman Empire, deep into the Levant and Anatolia.
Currently, the Iranians are trading fire with the Israelis.
banana_lama@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah but this is more like 53B.C. where Romans initiated the attacks no?
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
In terms of aggression, yes, but "Rome is threatening Persia" has a touch less relevance to the modern situation.
banana_lama@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
How so?
In my opinion they're both threatening each other
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Israel and Iran are threatening each other, but "The Levant is threatening Persia" wouldn't make sense as a 55 BCE statement, as Rome is, well, not the Levant. The only reason it works as a 260 AD statement is because the Roman territory Persia is invading is in the Levant, and thus relies on the Levant being used as a region, rather than a political actor, to make the 260 AD comparison valid.
banana_lama@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I get that. There's not better historical statement that I would be able to place there either.
Thank you for the clarification