古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
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bees, as well as their honey, have been used as weapons since time immemorial. in the first century bc, in a campaign led by roman general pompey against the heptakometes in asia minor, about one thousand of pompey's soldiers were passing through a narrow mountain pass when they came upon a cache of honey. the soldiers, accustomed to looting to augment their provisions, halted their advance and eagerly devoured the honey -- and soon became afflicted with delirium and violent seizures of vomiting and purges. in such a condition they were easily defeated.
it seems that the honey had been left in the soldiers' path not in an act of flight from the advancing forces but as a poisonous bait to stupefy them. the locals must have been well aware that honey produced during certain times of the year was naturally poisonous.
