[ClearCase_guy]

There is a bizarre fringe theory called "New Chronology" which argues -- if I have this right -- that known human history does not stretch over the span of years that most people believe.

The New Chronologists would say that human history is something like 1500 years old at most. Past historical events just get re-told and are assumed to be new and separate events. I think they would point to the Trojan War (1100 BC) and the Crusades (1100-1300 AD) as the same event, just told differently and assumed to be separate events.

I find it mildly amusing that the Roman Empire reached a point of mixed power and decline when The Arab became emperor. A New Chronologist might almost argue that Barack Obama and Philip the Arab are exectly the same man and that the tale of his ascension is just being re-told in a different way.

Crackpot theory to be sure, but the world sure is a funny place.

[matt1234]

A New Chronologist might almost argue that Barack Obama and Philip the Arab are exectly the same man and that the tale of his ascension is just being re-told in a different way.

In the quoted excerpt, Gibbon also mentions a Syrian and a Goth who preceded Phillip. The Syrian was Emperor Elagabalus, an open homosexual who brought eunichs to the imperial court in Rome. The Goth was Emperor Maximinus (AKA Maximin) who was described as very tall and brutish.

[dsc]

“There is a bizarre fringe theory called “New Chronology” which argues”

Is there any way in which that could make sense, or do you really have to be crazy to believe it?

[SatinDoll]

King Solomon said it best: “There is nothing new under the Sun.”

In other words, history repeats itself because humans are not learning from their past errors.

[beebuster2000]

Trojan War (1100 BC) and the Crusades (1100-1300 AD) as the same event, just told differently and assumed to be separate events

thats the dumbest thing i have read in a while.