>"When men(persians) meet each other in the streets, you may know if the persons meeting are of equal rank by the following token: if they are, instead of speaking, they kiss each other on the lips. In the case where one is a little inferior to the other, the kiss is given on the cheek; where the difference of rank is great, the inferior prostrates himself upon the ground. " - Histories by Herodotus, on Persian culture and habits

>>211965578 (OP)
Never trust Gayreeks writing about the customs of others.

>>211965804
This
Roman writing? Probably legit
Greek writing? Probably fake

>>211965578 (OP)
same guy who claimed there were ants the size of dogs and a race of people with only 1 eye btw

the kissing was common up to the XX century so it was in the part of truths told
greek history was 50% real 50%fanfiction

>>211965578 (OP)
Do people today not wonder if maybe historians, especially these ancient "historians", are literally making shit up? For example, how convenient is it that emperor Caligula who was hated by the Roman aristocracy just happened to be a huge freak who raped his three sisters then executed them, raped a bunch of married women and did a bunch of other insane shit? I can understand executing and jailing senators but don't you think a lot of these other things are exaggerrated or straight up not true?