@BuschLightVal@UpdatingOnRome I got into east roman history due to my interest in the Sagas.
Still mad that we know so much about Harald Hardråde (the bulgar burner) yet so little about Basil the Bulgar slayer
I dated a girl once who was *convinced* that you ABSOLUTELY MUST stir tomato sauce with a *wooden* spoon because the tomato sauce will react w a metal spoon and when i pointed out that she had the sauce in a steel pot she got so mad at me 😂 like spitting mad