How One King Defeated an Entire Army Using Cats 🐈⚔️ #shorts #history ancientegypt #cats#weirdhistory

2,500 years ago at the Battle of Pelusium, Persian King Cambyses II faced a massive army of Egyptian archers. Knowing that ancient Egyptians worshipped cats as sacred animals—and harming one was punishable by death—he put live cats on the front lines and painted them onto his soldiers' shields.

Terrified of injuring a single cat, the Egyptian archers refused to fire a single arrow, handing Persia one of the strangest victories in military history. 🐱🛡️

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