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Historian claimed three entire centuries were faked

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A German historian proposed that the years 614 to 911 never actually happened, and were entirely fabricated by a Roman Emperor to legitimize his rule. According to this logic, we are actually living in the 1700s and everyone just agreed to go along with the typo.

Historian claimed three entire centuries were faked
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