Did the Persians use chemical warfare against the Romans?

[2RHPZ]

Did the Persians use chemical warfare against the Romans?


Archeologist Simon James of the University of Leicester in England says he discovered a "crime scene" indicating that Persian warriors suffocated 20 Roman soldiers in a Syrian mine. The attack occurred around A.D. 256, when soldiers from the Persian Sassanid Empire invaded Dura-Europos, a highly coveted city on the Euphrates River that had previously been conquered by the Romans.

Article (http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=did-the-persians-use-chemical-warfa-2009-01-16)

[Asheren]

Interesting article

[Awatron]

Why not? Bilogical weapons(like tossing carrion in a besiege city) and chemical weapons (greek fire for example) were known from ancient times. Heck, the Parthians even knew elevtricity and had battaries.

[Red_Rage]

I've seen something on History channel with regards to that. They actually did the experiment where they built the smoke machine, loaded it with feathers and then measured the toxicity levels inside the smoke room. Colclusion was that the smoke was indeed lethal. Can't recall the name of the program unfortunately.

[Shadowstorm]

I've seen something on History channel with regards to that. They actually did the experiment where they built the smoke machine, loaded it with feathers and then measured the toxicity levels inside the smoke room. Colclusion was that the smoke was indeed lethal. Can't recall the name of the program unfortunately.
The show is called Ancient Discoveries.

[marineGR]

Did the Persians use chemical warfare against the Romans?



yes, they farted at them:)

sorry but i could not resist