On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:44:04 -0700 (PDT), Scott Eiler
wrote:
>On Sep 6, 9:36 pm, "Anthony Buckland"
> wrote:
>> Well, here, anyway, you don't need massive industry.
>>
>> So, what's the earliest example anyone can come
>> up with?
>
>Whoever first threw dead cats into a city under siege. I thought it
>was Cambyses, Pelusium, 525 BC. But according to Herodotus and
>Wikipedia (both not always the most accurate), the cats were alive.
Before or after impact? |