For the record, Carrier is a crank who you should have also many good reasons to doubt his word on topics in ancient history since he always works with an agend

For the record, Carrier is a crank who you should have also many good reasons to doubt his word on topics in ancient history since he always works with an agenda, evidence for him is only useful when it fits. Contemporary historians don't take him seriously, and no one really should, his work isn't serious.