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WoodrowSkillson posted:Come to think of it decimation was treated the same way. When Crassus revived it apparently most people were like "really? what the gently caress?" Same for the other smattering of times generals used it post 100 BC. Then the WW1 Italian army comes along and does it for real.
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Strategic Tea posted:Decimation was another one of these iirc. One emperor (claudius?) got super pissed and decided to decimate his army. Nobody remembered how to do it properly so they just killed 10 guys and called it a day. Does anyone have a link where I could read more about this? It sounds really interesting.
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Unfortunately I think I just read it earlier in this thread, so I don't have a proper source 
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nothing to seehere posted:Then the WW1 Italian army comes along and does it for real.
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HEY GAL posted:sometimes the Imperial army did it late in the Thirty Years' War I missed that or is that a euphemism for sending armies to war under Gallas?
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HEY GAL posted:sometimes the Imperial army did it late in the Thirty Years' War Any specific incidents where this happens, because the late Imperial army mostly seems to vaporize or show up to clown itself sometime after 1644.
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Kemper Boyd posted:Any specific incidents where this happens, because the late Imperial army mostly seems to vaporize or show up to clown itself sometime after 1644.
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xthetenth posted:I missed that or is that a euphemism for sending armies to war under Gallas? there's one infantry regiment where 56 people came back. a bunch of them were so reduced that they don't even give numbers, just say things like "destroyed" edit: remember the discussion in the milhist thread a while ago about the current descendents of famous people? i found a Matthias Gallas and he's a sysadmin https://www.xing.com/profile/Matthias_Gallas HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jul 13, 2016 |
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Am I the only one interested to see pornographic drawings of the pharaoh? They are mentioned in the board game article.
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Doctor Malaver posted:Am I the only one interested to see pornographic drawings of the pharaoh? They are mentioned in the board game article. He has two dicks, representing upper and lower Egypt.
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Doctor Malaver posted:Am I the only one interested to see pornographic drawings of the pharaoh? They are mentioned in the board game article. I'd be real interested to see what the style is.
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Doctor Malaver posted:Am I the only one interested to see pornographic drawings of the pharaoh? They are mentioned in the board game article. Check out Egyptian creation myths if you're into that. Dicks and masturbation abound.
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There's some Ancient Egyptian dirty pics in this article which is probably borderline  because of the title. Also there's this amazing fact: quote:Zoophilia (Bestiality)
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I think we're overlooking the fact that they hosed crocodiles.
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FAUXTON posted:I think we're overlooking the fact that they hosed crocodiles. "If you can think of an easier way of making lil Sobeks I am all ears!"
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Today I took my Christian friend through 1400 odd years of Jewish history from the maybe Exodus to getting stomped by the Romans along with incidental asides to the Greeks Babylonians and Egyptians. Thanks ancient history for making me look smart I guess.
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FAUXTON posted:I think we're overlooking the fact that they hosed crocodiles. The Hittites hosed horses, and it was specifically not illegal.
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cheerfullydrab posted:The Hittites hosed horses, and it was specifically not illegal. So it was legal? 
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Chichevache posted:So it was legal? I've read their law code and if I remember right, they are very not okay with bestiality, but go out of their way to say that it's okay to have sex with horses.
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"There's no law that says a horse can't be a lover!"
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Catherine the Great posted:"There's no law that says a horse can't be a lover!"  Yeah, I know this just a rumour
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cheerfullydrab posted:I've read their law code and if I remember right, they are very not okay with bestiality, but go out of their way to say that it's okay to have sex with horses. Wikipedia has the links, and yeah. They also explain how it's ok to be raped by an ox but not vice-versa. I'd copy and paste but phone posting since this thread is now blocked by my work...
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euphronius posted:Today I took my Christian friend through 1400 odd years of Jewish history from the maybe Exodus to getting stomped by the Romans along with incidental asides to the Greeks Babylonians and Egyptians. Tell me the story too please
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Hah no way man that is way too much typing.
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Banana Man posted:Tell me the story too please https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-evIyrrjTTY
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Cyrano4747 posted:
I was talking more about the depiction of the ancient Egyptians smack-talking each other over a boardgame, but sure bro, whatever. To the people wondering about the Vestal Virgins: if one broke her vows then I believe she was walled up in a crypt with some food and water, eventually to starve, but I'm not sure if that happened if one was raped.
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ulmont posted:Wikipedia has the links, and yeah. They also explain how it's ok to be raped by an ox but not vice-versa. I'd copy and paste but phone posting since this thread is now blocked by my work... I've only worked with horses, not cattle, so please excuse my ignorance, but is rape by a castrated bull a common thing, or is this the Ancient "I slipped and fell on the shampoo bottle"? Pasiphae's all, "oh I just went to take a nap in that wooden crate and BAM. Daeda-who?" Chichevache fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Mad Hamish posted:I was talking more about the depiction of the ancient Egyptians smack-talking each other over a boardgame, but sure bro, whatever. No, if they broke their vows they gained immense superpowers and a cool new 'do.
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Best Vestal Virgin story will forever be Crassus being accused of trying to sleep with a Vestal Virgin and his defense being,"Yeah okay I did it but it's not like I actually wanted to bone her or anything, I just wanted to cheat her out of her property!" and everybody was like,"Well that sounds like something Crassus would do... case dismissed!"
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Jerusalem posted:Best Vestal Virgin story will forever be Crassus being accused of trying to sleep with a Vestal Virgin and his defense being,"Yeah okay I did it but it's not like I actually wanted to bone her or anything, I just wanted to cheat her out of her property!" and everybody was like,"Well that sounds like something Crassus would do... case dismissed!" hahaha
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Court - the ancient equivalent to a sitcom
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Strategic Tea posted:Court - the ancient equivalent to a sitcom I think Socrates had the best ancient court case:  : Good people of Athens, have you considered that maybe instead of punishing me you should gave me free lunch?
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Strategic Tea posted:Court - the ancient equivalent to a sitcom It's so true and then think how many tv shows are just "court" People love court
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Strategic Tea posted:Court - the ancient equivalent to a sitcom That's So Crassus
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Jack of Hearts posted:If a Vestal Virgin was raped, would she get buried alive for it? The Roman foundation myth has Rhea Silvia, a vestal, getting raped by Mars to produce Romulus and Remus, and she just gets imprisoned for it. But on the other hand imprisonment was a really serious punishment in Rome, they basically only did it if they were holding you for execution. Or it could mean something more like they immured her. Most likely when such a situation did arise, they just figured they were guilty of getting it on and walled them up.
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Alhazred posted:That's So Crassus Hangin' with Mr. Caesar.
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