A Poison Recipe Hidden in a Byzantine Cookbook
Medieval Europe

A Poison Recipe Hidden in a Byzantine Cookbook

Tucked into a Byzantine cookbook was the formula for a poison so devastating it killed three emperors—and the empire itself.

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