Ancient Persians 'gassed Romans'

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From the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7837826.stm

Ancient Persians were the first to use chemical warfare against their enemies, a study has suggested.

A UK researcher said he found evidence that the Persian Empire used poisonous gases on the Roman city of Dura, Eastern Syria, in the 3rd Century AD.

I'm not going to post the complete text of the article as there are some diagrams to go along with it. Click on the link above to see the whole article.
 
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