• ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlBanned from community
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    16 days ago

    Not in this list but Esarhaddon of Assyria most likely suffered from depression.

    Nebuchadnezzar II absolutely did as well but the list only mentions his boanthropy

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    16 days ago

    he developed extreme megalomania, attempting to transform the empire into his own personality cult.

    I don’t normally think about ancient Rome that much, but earlier today I found myself reminded of Commodus. What a coincidence.