Today I learned on Nostr: TIL a Christian mob killed the female universal genius Hypatia in 415 A.D. The mob ...

TIL a Christian mob killed the female universal genius Hypatia in 415 A.D. The mob stripped Hypatia naked, cut out her eyeballs, tore her body to pieces and dragged her limbs through the city. Hypatia was depicted as a teacher of mathematics, philosophy and astronomy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia
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