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I think the best bet is by focusing on multiple centuries ago. Nobody cares about the ancient Roman Reds vs Blues anymore.
by FredPret 4y ago
I think the best bet is by focusing on multiple centuries ago. Nobody cares about the ancient Roman Reds vs Blues anymore.
- carlosjobim 4y agoThey might not care about the teams anymore, but even going to antiquity, modern historians are always busy trying to shoehorn in their beliefs and ideology. A large non-English history publication I follow has in recent years started to explain every new archeological find with "they were trying to impress their neighbours". Find the remains of a huge ship where you didn't expect it? - Trying to impress neighbours. Find fortifications in a place and from an age where you have no record of conflict? - Trying to impress neighbours. The reason of course is because these historians all have gone to universities and live in this city where the inhabitants are infamous for their anxiety to impress their neighbours. So historians might not root for any team anymore, but they see historical research as mainly a tool to justify and spread their own beliefs. Of course there are much more polemic examples than the one I gave above.
- bombcar 4y agoThere are huge fights that occur in historical accounts, often because it reflects on the present day and the understanding thereof.