Celts:
Dicks out for victory
Submitted 10 hours ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to historymemes@piefed.social
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The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 hours ago PugJesus@piefed.social 8 hours ago
- The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s a convenient shield placement.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
How to beat the celts:
Fight them in a fight of hip high stinging nettles, holly or hogweed
PugJesus@piefed.social 10 hours 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.
MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app 9 hours ago
A naked guy running at you with a sword is pretty intimidating.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 9 hours 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?”
Maultasche@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
And helmets, so good, the Romans copied them
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
The adolescent in me can’t stop giggling
PugJesus@piefed.social 8 hours 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.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
The blue paint was crafted from a plant that only grows/grew? in Britain.
maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 7 hours 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.