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fantastic in plastic posted:Could Hannibal have conquered Rome if he had nuclear weapons? How does he set off the nuke without dying
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Hannibal could have easily conquered all of Roman Italy, including Rome itself, if his men had had 21st-century quality marching boots, an unlimited supply of freeze-dried dinners, and one single 500-count bottle of 200 mg ibuprofen.
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Jun 23, 2017 05:59
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Like for real, does he just set a timer, strap it to an elephant, point it in the right direction and hope
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Jun 23, 2017 06:00
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I'm imagining a nuclear-equipped quinquereme on a suicide mission. I don't think Ostia was close enough to Rome that he could nuke the city itself in that operation, though.
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Jun 23, 2017 06:01
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Load bomb on cart. Set timer on bomb. Tell slave to drive bomb to Forum Boarium. These people did not value individual life.
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Jun 23, 2017 06:03
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fantastic in plastic posted:Could Hannibal have conquered Rome if he had nuclear weapons? I think 'conquer' implies that you get to keep it afterwards.
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fantastic in plastic posted:Could Hannibal have conquered Rome if he had nuclear weapons? Rome wasn't bombed in a day.
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Jun 23, 2017 09:51
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modern roman empire: piss tape good or bad?
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Jun 23, 2017 09:52
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piss tape nothing, i say as i blast a stream of frothy cum and diarrhea from the two huge penises protruding from my nipples
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Jun 23, 2017 10:07
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Ask us about Roman/Greek/other ancient history: a stream of frothy cum and diarrhea
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Jun 23, 2017 10:09
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Possibly a fairly accurate description of the Tiber?
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Jun 23, 2017 10:17
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pictured: romulus and remus suckling at the lactacting dick nipples of vachey the hotcow
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Jun 23, 2017 10:23
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Ynglaur posted:I was literally about to post that. I guess you're an easy read.
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Jun 23, 2017 11:41
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fantastic in plastic posted:Could Hannibal have conquered Rome if he had nuclear weapons? No, but he definitely could have eaten the Moon if it was made of barbecue spare ribs.
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Jun 23, 2017 12:07
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Greetings from H. Barca, ruler and king of the Carthaginians...our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS !
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Jun 23, 2017 12:09
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:This only matters as long as we have ways of reading that data. There is no reason to think that we won't be able to read the majority of it. Especially as much of the most important stuff is on printouts on nice archival quality paper and several other formats just for redundancy's sake. And when you start considering how much of this stuff is buried in nice deep caves and mines and stuff, if it's all destroyed then so is all of humanity, and maybe all life on Earth in general. So it doesn't much matter at that point if anyone could have read it.
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Jun 23, 2017 15:32
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Cyrano4747 posted:Yeah, Vindolanda wasn't exactly the pulsing heart of the Roman World, or even of Roman England, but here we are. http://www.theweebsite.com/landsknecht/
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Jun 23, 2017 15:55
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With modern laser etching we should be putting important records on granite.
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Jun 23, 2017 16:20
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Allow me to preserve an important aspect of our culture in an alternate location: I present the twoot (known in some culturally Canadian communities as the "tweet")
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Jun 23, 2017 16:30
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Arglebargle III posted:With modern laser etching we should be putting important records on granite. We already have that, to make optical discs that should be readable for a very long time: http://www.mdisc.com/ You can use them in most average computer DVD or Blu-Ray burners to burn them, and almost any optical drive that reads normal DVD or Blu-Ray to read them. Pricey though, the 4.7 GB DVD-R version is $43 for 15 discs, and the 100 GB Blu-Ray version is $99.50 for 5 discs.
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Arglebargle III posted:Allow me to preserve an important aspect of our culture in an alternate location: I present the twoot (known in some culturally Canadian communities as the "tweet") we sit together the mountain and I until only the mountain remains - a guy from pompeii, I guess
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Jun 23, 2017 20:34
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Arglebargle III posted:With modern laser etching we should be putting important records on granite. Sure, but define what you mean by "important" first.
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:Sure, but define what you mean by "important" first. Because you don't want to take their definition for granite?
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Jun 23, 2017 21:02
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I always wondered why folks aren't doing that (laser-etching granite) already. As for "what", well, start with Wikipedia and go from there? In different languages, too, for extra Rosetta-Stone-iness!
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Jun 23, 2017 22:46
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fishmech posted:We already have that, to make optical discs that should be readable for a very long time: http://www.mdisc.com/ You can use them in most average computer DVD or Blu-Ray burners to burn them, and almost any optical drive that reads normal DVD or Blu-Ray to read them. This is not too far from what I used to pay for CD-RW disks for my 4x writer back in 1998.l, after accounting that I would lose half of them to buffer over-run errors.
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Jun 24, 2017 03:55
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homullus posted:Because you don't want to take their definition for granite? This rocks.
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fishmech posted:And when you start considering how much of this stuff is buried in nice deep caves and mines and stuff, if it's all destroyed then so is all of humanity, and maybe all life on Earth in general. So it doesn't much matter at that point if anyone could have read it. In which case the issue is records getting lost or forgotten or otherwise becoming inaccessible.
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Jun 24, 2017 05:24
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 I saw this vase and it made me wonder, did early hoplites really go to battle hanging dick? It seems like covering it would be your natural instinct.
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Jun 26, 2017 19:19
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:
looks like the one guy is running late and just didn't have time to gird his loin e: I do know an archaeologist specializing in hoplite warfare, I can run it by him if we really need an expert opinion on classical peckers. P-Mack fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jun 26, 2017 |
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Jun 26, 2017 19:24
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Hey, people poo poo themselves all the time in such intense situations.
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Jun 26, 2017 19:25
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:
Clothes carried into wounds easily causes infections. Mobility is a priority. And yes I suppose popping a squat to take a quick poo poo is nice too.
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Jun 26, 2017 20:51
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They probably went totally nude between the loins and knees, just like modern soldiers do.
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Jun 26, 2017 21:08
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P-Mack posted:looks like the one guy is running late and just didn't have time to gird his loin Didn't have time to gird his loin?  Ignorant pants-wearing barbarian. Girding your loins is as simple as pillaging a granary. Here's your how-to:  More than likely this wonderful phalangite was just expressing his sublime love of masculinity by letting his mighty penis hang forth. Let all Persians tremble at the priapism of healthy Greek youth! Amgard fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jun 26, 2017 |
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Jun 26, 2017 22:08
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What's the point of war if you can't show your enemy your dick?
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Jun 26, 2017 22:09
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they tied it up with a string, my friends
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Jun 26, 2017 22:18
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This reminds me, what are the advantages and disadvantges of a khopesh compared to a more traditional sword?
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Jun 26, 2017 22:19
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Advantages: instantly tells the viewer in which part of the world the movie's set Disadvantages: looks dumb, you're probably a bad guy/extra
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Jun 26, 2017 22:25
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They're basically a shittier, primitive katana and thus not very useful against anyone armored with more than a wicker shield. AFAIK they were mostly a symbol of authority, and there's not much they can do that you couldn't do better with either an equally-complicated straight sword with a double-edged blade and the ability to thrust, or a cheaper, simpler axe that also could've been used against armored foes. They are good for depicting your God-King decapitating the former leaders of conquered peoples. Edgar Allen Ho fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Jun 27, 2017 |
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Jun 26, 2017 22:32
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P-Mack posted:if we really need an expert opinion on classical peckers. Do you even have to ask?
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peer posted:Disadvantages: looks dumb  whoah there
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