had the best swords
The adolescent in me can’t stop giggling
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Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Blue paint was only used by Briton Celts.
Central European Celts who invented chainmail and had the best swords: “Am i a joke to you?”
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
PugJesus@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
tbf, the swords could be extremely variable. I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe’s swords bent after some hard fighting and they had to have their comrades cover them while they tried to straighten them back out to a semi-fight-worthy condition.
Also, while blue paint was Briton, according to Caesar, tattooing and war paint more generally are attested to in literary sources (though not uncontroversially) amongst other Celtic peoples.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe’s swords bent
How old are you?
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The blue paint was crafted from a plant that only grows/grew? in Britain.
teft@piefed.social 2 weeks ago The dye is made from woad. It grows all over Europe and Asia.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
True and its especially common in Valais lets gooooo!!!!
maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I’ve had modern steel spearhead bend during a re-enactment fight because I hit a plate really hard. I just bent it back in shape and continued. So I guess it doesn’t necessarily mean they had bad swords.
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Right. It’s better to have a sword that bends than one that shatters.
Also, some celts were working iron before the Romans.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Sure, keep telling yourself that instead of admitting you bought from Ea-Nasirs descendants.
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Maultasche@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And helmets, so good, the Romans copied them