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Gallic Warriors of the 3rd-2nd century BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] somethingsomethingidk 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is the middle guy nude?! What a power move

[–] PugJesus 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Insubres and Boii were clothed in their breeches and light cloaks; but the Gaesatae from vanity and bravado threw these garments away, and fell in in front of the army naked, with nothing but their arms; believing that, as the ground was in parts encumbered with brambles, which might possibly catch in their clothes and impede the use of their weapons, they would be more effective in this state.

Polybius’s Histories

I'd be intimidated, ngl

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Charging naked through brambles? Yeah uhh, see you in back in Rome guys, fuck that.

[–] PugJesus 8 points 3 weeks ago

Fun fact: the Bantu king Shaka Zulu in the 19th century ordered his own troops to stomp on thorns in their bare feet to harden their soles.

[–] Zombiepirate 6 points 3 weeks ago

Really cuts down on the laundry bill, too.