Dicks out for victory

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean it works for my concerts

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• k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The penis mightier than the sword.

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• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Mongols: kill everyone and keep riding

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  • NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Mongols would also recruit as they rolled over every city and fort, right?

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I by “recruit” you mean enslave thousands of people and force them to work on building siege machines and digging tranches than yes :)

      Seriously, I’ve read that each Mongol warrior was supposed to catch like 10 people as they moved through the invaded lands and they would move all those people like cattle with the army. When they finally reached the main objective they would force all those people to cut down trees and build siege machines. People from smaller towns would flee the incoming army to bigger forts which meant that before Mongols got there the cities were already overcrowded and had troubles to withstand the siege. It was methodical and brutal and worked perfectly.

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• Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?”

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  • Maultasche@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And helmets, so good, the Romans copied them

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  • lonefighter@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    had the best swords

    The adolescent in me can’t stop giggling

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  • PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe’s swords bent

      How old are you?

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    • Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The blue paint was crafted from a plant that only grows/grew? in Britain.

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    • maltasoron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Celts:

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  • PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    image

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    • The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s a convenient shield placement.

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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How to beat the celts:

  Fight them in a fight of hip high stinging nettles, holly or hogweed

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I thought it was sending Bird to Indianapolis

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• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Explanation: While not a universal practice of Celtic peoples, there are occasional incidents wherein Celtic tribes were noted to go into battle naked or near-naked to prove their bravery.

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  • MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A naked guy running at you with a sword is pretty intimidating.

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