Assertion: magic | /r/RelatedTo | society
Facets:
value: to the east of the empire
type: LOCATION
value: in ancient roman society
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In ancient Roman society, magic was associated with societies to the east of the empire; the first century CE writer Pliny the Elder for instance claimed that magic had been created by the Iranian philosopher Zoroaster, and that it had then been brought west into Greece by the magician Osthanes, who accompanied the military campaigns of the Persian King Xerxes.