@oblomov Probably a lot less special than we think, given they would see these things more than we do more often from a lack of light pollution. Most of Europe is North enough to see these on the regular anyway.
The real question is, imagine showing modern city dwellers a proper night sky.
@PatrickoftheG I know the answer to that second question (been there, done that). For my question I was obviously thinking about people from latitudes for which this kind of events were uncommon, like central or southern Europe. Here in Italy the lights this time have been seen as far as Tuscany or even Rome. Not exactly a common occurrence.
@oblomov That's fair enough. I know Aristotle spent some time writing on them and the Romans did too, I am just not sure if it was down in Southern Europe or from there knowledge of outside of there.
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