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Helena Williams's avatar

"Emperor Gallienus, over friendly games of chess with the philosopher, agreed to let Plotinus build a second city near Rome, based on Plato’s Republic, to be called Platonopolis (seven hundred years after Plato’s death)."

I have a question '?:' The chess game originated in the 7th century CE in India, were the greeks already exploring the Indian continent at that time? How did the Greeks adopted the chess game?

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Classical Wisdom's avatar

Good question! I'll ask the author about it...

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Robot Bender's avatar

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for asking.

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Classical Wisdom's avatar

Okay - game updated! Thanks for catching that!

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Helena Williams's avatar

What is the explanation to my questions? 'How the chess game arrived to the Greeks'?

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Classical Wisdom's avatar

It hadn't yet! It was a bit of creative licensing... so it was incorrect.

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Kleomenis Paraskevas's avatar

Allarichus a barbarian warlord was able to sack Rome and the city never recovered.

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