Comment on Can't stop till brimstone
artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 2 days agoI remember hearing that the Sahara desert was created by Romans salting the earth.
That can’t possibly be true?
Also I wonder how it is connected to Jesus saying ‘you are the salt of the earth’. That seems like am entirely different thing, but then again maybe not?
I feel like the most modern equivalent is Vietnam.
Saapas@piefed.zip 2 days ago
No, Romans didn’t make the Sahara. The myth is usually that they salted the earth when they destroyed Carthage but that isn’t true either
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Carthago delenda est!