this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2024
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Illustrations of history

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[–] somethingsomethingidk 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is the middle guy nude?! What a power move

[–] PugJesus 13 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] PugJesus 8 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

Really cuts down on the laundry bill, too.

[–] DrSleepless 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I prefer garlic warriors, but these dudes are cool too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Sounds like an offshoot of the onion knight family.

[–] GroundedGator 4 points 2 months ago

Did anyone else see the middle guy and the one crouching as a centaur of sorts?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

These guys have righteous mustaches