stackyFACTSImagine the panic of a hyper-militaristic empire watching their favorite blood-soaked deity apparently moonwalk out of the sky.
Imagine the panic of a hyper-militaristic empire watching their favorite blood-soaked deity apparently moonwalk out of the sky. Because of optical illusions in Earth's orbit, Mars occasionally appears to move backward. To the Romans, this retrograde motion wasn't physics; it was a horrifying omen that the God of War had abandoned them, meaning soldiers probably spent weeks terrified of a tactical retreat by a glowing red dot.
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