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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4278170, member: 19463&quot;]I hope we all realize that this is a problem in all historical &#039;stories&#039;.&nbsp; We have what we have and we have had every bit of evidence expanded or ignored by persons with axes to grind.&nbsp; This is not just in antiquity.&nbsp; We can still find people in the US who believe Franklin Roosevelt saved humanity and others who consider him the devil incarnate.&nbsp; I had an uncle who held that last opinion and could not say one good word about the man.&nbsp; Today we are in the process of selecting a President and many lesser officials who have in common that they define truth according to a different set of parameters than their opponents.&nbsp; We have opposing books that cover both views but in many cases in antiquity we have one.&nbsp; The job of modern historians is to figure out whether there is some truth or total truth (rare) in what survived.&nbsp; Most I have read seem to go into the study with a preconceived idea and proceed to prove themselves smarter than their opponents.&nbsp; Certainly there are exceptions and it is each reader&#039;s job to sort them.&nbsp; The job of future historians interested in 2020 will be easier or harder depending on which data survives until the year 3020 or 4020 (if indeed you believe there will be a year of those numbers).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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