In Ask Metafilter, Thorzdad wonders, "Are there any accounts of how poor eyesight may have affected history?" and asks for writings, studies, research or ancient documentation of world events being affected by vision problems, pre-spectacles.

https://ask.metafilter.com/369873/Poor-Eyesight-Affecting-History

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