• @PugJesusOPM
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      133 months ago

      The Insubres and Boii were clothed in their breeches and light cloaks; but the Gaesatae from vanity and bravado threw these garments away, and fell in in front of the army naked, with nothing but their arms; believing that, as the ground was in parts encumbered with brambles, which might possibly catch in their clothes and impede the use of their weapons, they would be more effective in this state.

      Polybius’s Histories

      I’d be intimidated, ngl

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        83 months ago

        Charging naked through brambles? Yeah uhh, see you in back in Rome guys, fuck that.

        • @PugJesusOPM
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          83 months ago

          Fun fact: the Bantu king Shaka Zulu in the 19th century ordered his own troops to stomp on thorns in their bare feet to harden their soles.

    • @Zombiepirate
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      63 months ago

      Really cuts down on the laundry bill, too.

  • DrSleepless
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    73 months ago

    I prefer garlic warriors, but these dudes are cool too

  • @GroundedGator
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    43 months ago

    Did anyone else see the middle guy and the one crouching as a centaur of sorts?