The Book of DieselThe Light Before the Gospel“A local teacher asked what barbarians had taught him. Pythagoras answered with a Babylonian calculation. The teacher praised the idea and suggested removing the place of origin before sharing it with students. Pythagoras heard the future beginning to erase its teachers.”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
Historically anchoredThe setting or public event is documented; dialogue, motives, and recurring characters are invented.
Traditional chronologies place Pythagoras back on Samos after the island had entered the Persian imperial sphere, before his later move to Croton. Details of his movements remain uncertain.
The Persian official, the letter, and the final conversation are fictional.