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Assyrian vs Syrian[]

I have copied the text submitted by another (anonymous) editor to this page in good faith; I am no expert on the history of Syria, so will have to rely on others to please cite actual references to confirm the information here and correct it accordingly.

My main reason for moving all this information here is to avoid cluttering the Ashur/Dagan/Nasir pages with only slightly related trivia. While history may disagree with the tv show on these character's races, keep in mind that the show conflicts with a LOT of historical fact in many other places too (for one, read the Secutor page... they didn't carry axes!). This wiki is about the show, first and foremost, though, and if it decides to claim Ashur and Dagan are "Syrian", this needs to be stuck to... trivia about whether this is correct or not is fine, but should not turn their pages into edit-wars to confuse visitors just looking for info on their favourite characters.Banjo oz 14:54, March 5, 2012 (UTC)


Sorry to butcher the page, but Roman Syria and Assyria are different entities and a lot of actual info of the old page was a bit chauvinistic and totally wrong (the Neo-Assyrians did not invent writing or the wheel). Syrians like Lucian have truly little in common with ancient Assyrians ( as an example, Samosata was a Neo-hittite kingdom know as Shummush) or with modern Syrians. I kept and updated the info on the Assyrian Empire just because...well, Neo-Assyrians are fun and a bit of extra info does not hurt.ASHUR IS KING!79.50.245.173 13:48, May 18, 2012 (UTC)


Damascus[]

On several occasions in the Spartacus series, certain characters have referred ships coming from and to "Damascus". I'm not sure that the scriptwriters even realise that the city of Damascus in Syria about fifty miles inland and has the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in between, with no river-link to the Mediterranean Sea. Antioch (modern Turkish city of Antakya), the western capital of the Seleucid Empire in ancient Syria until its final conquest by the Romans in 64 BCE, would have made more sense, as it is linked to the Mediterranean via the Orontes Rivers. --Fenrir51 (talk) 22:07, January 20, 2013 (UTC)