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War between Ninus and Zoroaster (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Historiographic texts 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.11 Historiography 05.11.02 Historiographic texts Magic and exorcism 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.04 Magic and exorcism	Keywords magic Ninus Zoroaster
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Christian-Greek philosophers and scholars

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Justin Martyr:
His (= Ninus) last war was the one that he fought with Zoroaster, King of the Bactrians, who is said to have been the first discoverer of the magic arts and the most studious observer of the origin of the world.

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Justin Martyr

Amar Annus

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