Persia Used Cats Against Egypt… Legend Says#shorts #ancientegypt #history

Legend says an entire army was beaten by cats. 🐈 In 525 BC, Persia’s king Cambyses II invaded Egypt, and the story goes that his soldiers painted a cat goddess on their shields and even carried live cats at the front. The Egyptians, who held cats sacred, supposedly froze rather than risk hurting one.

⚠️ Fact check: The Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) was a real Persian victory, but the cat tactic is a legend. It comes from a later writer, Polyaenus, in the 2nd century AD, roughly 650 years after the battle, so treat it as a story rather than proven history.

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