@PugJesusM to A Comm for HistorymemesEnglish • 6 months agoLorica Squatmataimagemessage-square4arrow-up128arrow-down13cross-posted to: roughromanmemes
arrow-up125arrow-down1imageLorica Squatmata@PugJesusM to A Comm for HistorymemesEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square4cross-posted to: roughromanmemes
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish8•6 months 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