An , written by Associate Professor of History Elly Truitt, was cited in The Atlantic article "What is a Robot?"
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In 10th-century Europe, Emperor Constantine VII apparently had a throne flanked by golden lions that gave a dreadful roar with open mouth and quivering tongue and switched their tails back and forth, according to an Aeon essay by Elly Truitt, a medieval historian at 91勛圖厙.
Truitt is also the author of a that looks at Medieval robots.