The Dark One posted:

http://imgur.com/a/Xz70B

ewiley posted:

Every time i walk by the Trump(tm) brand Old Post Office in DC I want to throw something at it but I wouldn't want to accidentally hit the poor homeless guy that's always asleep on the bench in front :\

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Polybius writes that of the Roman and allied infantry, 70,000 were killed, 10,000 captured, and "perhaps" 3,000 survived. He also reports that of the 6,000 Roman and allied cavalry, only 370 survived

Nosfereefer posted:

The Battle of Cannae being a famous example of deadly battles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae

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The battle consisted of little less than 1000 men with the average casualty rate of 15%. This low casualty rate has been attributed to the blood-feud mentality that permeated Icelandic society, which meant that the defeated army could not be slaughtered honourably to a man. As well as the requirements of Christianity to get a pardon from a cleric for each fiend smitten, which resulted in only people of low class taking care of executions. While executions after battle were uncommon, they were extensive when they happened. See, for instance the battle of Haugsnes with about 110 fatalities, Flóabardagi with about 80 fatalities on one side and unknown on the other and the battle of Örlygsstaðir with up to 60 fatalities including executions. These three battles, or skirmishes as they would be called in a European context add up to 250 fatalities, so these three encounters alone add up to almost 6 of the average killings of 7 per year in the period 1220-1262. Years could pass without killings.

univbee posted:

gbut posted:

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