One thing that stuck with me after today's lecture is how historians word things. We just briefly talked about it had an impact on me.
It cam up in context of Alexander the great an the Persians.
So in books an so you'll always find the wording like "She was his lover" in this case Barsine was the lover of Alexander. Yk I always think of lover as a normal relationship. They did not marry they just had an "affair". But this is totally not the case. He straight up raped her. He used her as an object of showcasing that he had just conqored the land and now he can do as he pleases (women and children included). That realization really struck me. Alexander suddenly wasn't so great anymore.
The Professor also added that for her dying would've been a better option than beeing his lover. And I 100%% get that.
There probably so many phrasing that don't actually show you the harsh reality.
