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In the first season of Rome, Caesar is shown packing the Senate with Gauls. Did this actually happen, and if so, what became of them? I don't think they make another appearance in the series after their brief introduction, and it's easy to imagine the Roman senators being like "Thanks for your service but kindly gently caress off" after Caesar gets got.
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Alan Smithee posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMD1Lr8RaWA Kinda? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_crossbow e: and also this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybolos FeculentWizardTits fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Mar 14, 2019 |
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Mar 14, 2019 00:36
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Elyv posted:Has anyone ever thought to themselves, "Ah, I'm going to have a nice, short, simple war" and then been actually right? I've heard of tons of examples where they were wrong and none where they were right, although it occurs to me that might be because the times when they were right would be pretty boring and therefore forgotten The Six Day War comes to mind, if you're including modern wars. Though apparently initial Israeli estimates were that they'd have the war won in 3-4 days, so it actually took twice as long as envisioned.
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Apr 7, 2019 09:20
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Monocled Falcon posted:I've been listening to a bunch of alt right types arguing with each other on YouTube (they're all a bunch of morons) and I was wondering; what the hell does decadence even mean when prostitution is legal and there's nothing else to drink besides alcohol? When used by alt-right types, "decadence" is code for women getting too uppity and having a tiny shred of autonomy, power, or voice in an environment where they traditionally had next to none. The men of the time strayed too far from traditional patriarchal values and as a consequence their empire fell. If only they'd kept the womenfolk down, none of this would've happened, and if we're not vigilant it'll happen to us too.
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Apr 21, 2019 20:58
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cheetah7071 posted:The only legitimate ways to ascend to the purple are to be declared emperor by your troops and win a civil war, or to be co-emperor with your predecessor during his lifetime. As the latter is impossible, the only way we're getting a new roman emperor is if turkish troops start caring about 600 year old titles Please stop reminding me that my greatest failure is never being good enough at Victoria 2 to reform the Byzantine Empire
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Jun 20, 2019 10:45
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When the Romans sent their embassy to China, how did they communicate with the Chinese? Did they pick up translators along the way and play a big game of telephone once they arrived at the Chinese imperial court?
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Jul 10, 2019 00:42
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Elyv posted:My uneducated guess would be that increased automation allows the government to not keep hiring in pace with population. looooooooooooooooool Less glib response: the government is dead last when it comes to adopting new technologies and employing them in ways that would lessen the need for workers as you describe. The real limiting factors are budgets and politics, with the latter overwhelmingly influencing the former
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Sep 26, 2019 19:52
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This game is great but hard as gently caress. I can reliably make it past New Carthage but I always get pasted in the subsequent battle. Got bumped up to Tesserarius for some reason, then shivved by some Libyan merc in the next fight.
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Oct 23, 2019 23:10
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Somehow made it all the way through to the end last night (naming your character Lucius Vorenus may or may not help). The character creation screen makes it seem like focusing on mind and body are two separate playstyles, but that's not really the case. I beat it focusing on the mental skills at creation, but it makes for a comparatively boring and conservative game since you'll lack the physical stats to clown on people during fights. You won't rack up too many kills, you won't win any awards, and your promotions will be few and far between. I ended as a centurio posterior (which I am translating to "butt sergeant") and retired to a life of farming, never coming anywhere close to being elected a senator or being appointed consul. You need to kill lots of people to get ahead.
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Oct 25, 2019 18:38
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Epicurius posted:There's a story that an inventor came to the Emperor with a head-chopping machine. After finding out that the inventor was the only one who knew how to make it, he ordered him beheaded because he was afraid that its introduction would lead to unemployment and social unrest. That emperor's name? Albert Einstein.
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Nov 22, 2019 04:16
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Jack2142 posted:So the books has in a footnote: Did they wear any sort of hand gear when drawing with their thumbs and forefingers? That method seems like it'd be...painful and bothersome, I guess
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Jan 12, 2020 15:34
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Halloween Jack posted:Were the Spartans actually good at anything besides stealing credit for things? This guy did a very long multi-part writeup on why Spartans are overrated in almost everything except being some of the biggest shitheads known to man. I thought it was an incredibly interesting read. He cites a lot of seemingly legit sources and is s history professor to boot, though I'll admit I'm not nearly well-versed enough to make any judgments beyond that.
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Jan 29, 2020 04:10
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Morholt posted:Noted legit source, lindybeige. Could you c+p what you're referring to? I can't find it
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Jan 29, 2020 14:16
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Morholt posted:He quoted lindybeige in the otherwise entertaining series about Minas Tirith. He didn't build his argument on lindy's fantasies but it does make him seem a bit credulous. Are you talking about this? quote:Tolkien, of course, was enmeshed in this tradition by way of his academic specialty as well as the classical focus that British schooling at the turn of the century had. But I think his viewpoint is also reflective of the view of the British – and especially the British middle and upper classes – of his day. British soldiers’ memoirs from as late as the Second World War often emphasized the power of a cool and collected commander to improve unit cohesion and instill courage (Lindybeige has handily collected a number of examples you can listen to here). If so, I dunno man, it doesn't seem like much of an indictment. It also doesn't have anything to do with the Sparta series.
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Jan 29, 2020 16:30
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FreudianSlippers posted:I want to be buried with a bunch of anachronistic and weird stuff purely to confuse future archeologists. "His grave was filled with offerings for every conceivable god. Truly, he must have committed unspeakable perversions to require such absolution as he moved into the afterlife."
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Mar 7, 2020 23:25
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Germaniform peoples
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Cessna posted:I've got bad news for you about Julius Caesar. contract negotiations broke down after his actor wanted too much money so they killed his character off
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Apr 10, 2020 03:14
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Are there any video games of any genre for any platform that are set either during the reign of Alexander the Great or during the immediate aftermath of his death? Field of Glory: Empires starts in 310 BC.
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Apr 27, 2020 22:19
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Grand Fromage posted:
We have such sights to show you
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May 22, 2020 18:49
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skasion posted:Caesar would have saved his nukes for his political rivals. you can’t sell radioactive corpses into slavery or take incinerated political elites on as clients. This is just Dune
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May 23, 2020 14:35
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If I were taking a Latin class today, would there be an agreed-upon pronunciation of the ii at the end of something like Julii? I've heard that word in particular pronounced as both "julie" and "julie-eye."
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Jun 4, 2020 12:06
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If I was that jacked I'd be shirtless all the time too
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Jun 4, 2020 21:39
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Pounded in the Butt by the Son of Hamilcar, a codex by Carolus Crispico
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Arglebargle III posted:
"The circus is in town." "It is?"
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Jul 21, 2020 21:46
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Schadenboner posted:Maybe it's a different color. Which ones are especially bad and are those connected with supersitions of unluck? Cinnabar, maybe? It was used to make red pigment and I think mining it was pretty much a death sentence (or at least a quicker death sentence).
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Jul 26, 2020 18:49
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The last four eggs I've cracked open have each had two yolks. I feel like this is one of those "seems good but is actually bad" kind of omens. Which god have I caught the ire of?
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Aug 11, 2020 15:36
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I don't like eggs anymore.
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Alhazred posted:You know what happened to the ancient egyptian tombs? (They were robbed There have been incredible strides in the field of booby traps over the last 5,000 years.
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Fuschia tude posted:I thought the ERE did keep him on a salary living in Constantinople for a few months? They were just so impoverished at that point that they couldn't maintain him in the manner to which he was accustomed indefinitely, or provide the materials he would need to make the giant cannons, so he quickly decided to pack up and move on. What would the ERE have even done with a giant cannon? Blown through its own walls?
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Arglebargle III posted:did the ancient egyptians pee When you really think about it, the Nile is peeing into the Mediterranean
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Sep 9, 2020 00:16
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I wonder how many people we've mistaken for great leaders just because they sprang for the deluxe coffin
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Sep 17, 2020 11:22
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If I ever become a PE teacher I will insist on being referred to as a gymnasiarch
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Oct 15, 2020 14:59
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Gaius Marius posted:Fire obviously predates humans lol We cannot and should not tolerate any competition for man's dominance of the solar system, and it is for this reason we must endeavor to destroy the sun.
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Oct 31, 2020 12:43
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look at the sun lol read a book
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Dalael posted:You mean Austria? Think he's referring to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign e: blah, beaten!
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Nov 3, 2020 15:23
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Gaius Marius posted:Everyone needs to grab a copy of medieval 2 total war. Load up your side with the best pikemen, crack lights, men at arm's, longbow men, and cavalry. Load up the cpu with just horse archers. And start a skirmish. After ten minutes of watching your men get massacred as they desperately try and close the gap, you'll suddenly understand why nine times outta ten. You pay em off, marry off princesses, or invite infighting. Rather than deal with that total bullshit. I remember playing this and figuring I'd stash an army in a castle and let the Mongols siege it, which I thought would nullify the advantages of their cavalry since they'd be forced to attack through a narrow gate. Turns out their horse archers are perfectly capable of lobbing arrows like mortar rounds at targets they can't see behind 20ft walls. Total bullshit indeed.
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How did Roman emperors (or whoever was in charge of quashing external threats) know when a tribal confederation was gaining enough strength to be a big problem? Ignoring the media, we have embassies and intelligence agencies that regularly report on goings-on abroad, but as I understand it the Romans had no permanent embassies and only rudimentary intelligence-gathering mechanisms. Reports from traders?
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Nov 6, 2020 22:08
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Libluini posted:I'm always in awe at how just loving long cuneiform was in use, until I remember that if you go from the mythical founding of Rome to today, Latin is now closing in on 3000 years usage itself. Arabic and the Arabic writing system nearly fit the bill, and given Arabic's link to Islam I think it's a safe bet that it's going to be around for quite awhile.
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Crab Dad posted:Sounds like modern porn... Succurre mihi, frater! Adhæsit sum
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