Talk:Radu cel Frumos
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"...by the end of that year Radu was Prince once more, and remained so until the following year when he died of syphilis, and was naturally succeeded by Basarab. He left a daughter, Maria Voichiţa, who afterwards became the wife of Ştefan cel Mare."
Who wrote this crap? Radu died in 1475. But if you look just "over the fence" in the page about syphilis:
"The earliest references to the disease now known as syphilis come from the 1490s, when it broke out among German troops besieging the city of Naples. The disease swept across Europe from its early epicenter at Naples. As Jared Diamond describes it, "when syphilis was first definitely recorded in Europe in 1495, its pustules often covered the body from the head to the knees, caused flesh to fall people's faces, and led to death within a few months." In addition, the disease was more frequently fatal than it is today. Diamond concludes that "by 1546, the disease had evolved into the disease with the symptoms so well known to us today."
So, how the hell could he die in 1475 of syphilis if the syphilis was first recorded in 1494?
