Business schools warn about "Persian Messenger Syndrome," an aversion to delivering bad news due to fear of punishment. Did the Persians really kill messengers bearing bad news?

by RusticBohemian
pragmatick

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ac7j42/exactly_how_common_was_it_to_kill_the_messenger/ might have some answers for you, especially /u/Iphikrates comment.