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The military is timeless - Ancient Roman soldiers digging ditches (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The most timeless weapon in all of warfare is the shovel.

[–] PugJesus 8 points 2 months ago

Also the most effective. We'll be digging ditches on Mars someday, probably.

The Roman Legions had a lot of advantages, but one of the biggest was that they were treated as an empire-sized construction crew! Good way to keep those rowdy soldiers too busy to get into trouble, too...