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Mad Honey and the Poisoner King: A Case of Mass Grayanotoxin Poisoning in the Roman Military

We describe an episode of mass poisoning during the ancient Third Mithridatic War. In a brutal and well-planned ambush, forces from the Kingdom of Pontus destroyed a Roman column through the clever use of “mad honey.” Incapacitated by the acute poisoning, the Romans were unable to hold off the Ponti...

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Autor principal: Turner, Matthew D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10226383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37255894
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38289

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