@PugJesusM to A sub for HistorymemesEnglish • 1 month agoLorica Squatmataimagemessage-square4arrow-up128arrow-down13cross-posted to: roughromanmemes
arrow-up125arrow-down1imageLorica Squatmata@PugJesusM to A sub for HistorymemesEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square4cross-posted to: roughromanmemes
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish8•1 month agoExplanation: Lorica Squamata is the Latin term for scale armor. It’s also very close to ‘squat’ in English. That’s it. Garum (seen in the bottle at their feet) is fermented fish sauce, which the Romans put on everything, from salads to bread to meat to wine(!).
Explanation: Lorica Squamata is the Latin term for scale armor. It’s also very close to ‘squat’ in English. That’s it.
Garum (seen in the bottle at their feet) is fermented fish sauce, which the Romans put on everything, from salads to bread to meat to wine(!).
Iirc Carthage was big Garum producer