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I could have used this pic a couple of months ago when I was arguing against a Lemmy who insisted that capes were a Greek/Roman invention and wearing them disappeared after the fall of the Roman Empire.
I tried to argue that capes were standard issue in the Civil War but couldn't get through.
Just look at Washington crossing the Delaware. He's wearing a cape/cloak thing there
That's the revolutionary war, but yeah.
I linked a picture of a statue of Ulysses Grant with his cape and the reply was, well that was a General, not the average soldier.