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Why is conquest instead of pestilence

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?

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]