The Battle of Thermopylae where king Leonidus and his “300 spartans” (it was actually a few thousand of a coalition force) held off the Persian invasion of Greece.

The plan was to use the narrow mountain path to pit a few of tgeir well trained soldiers against a few of Persias rank and file. The idea being a few well trained soldiers could take out a lot more rank and file if they didnt have battle tactics to worry about.

What caused Leonidus to lose that battle is an alternate route through the mountains that let the Persians flank the Spartans and probably totally destroy them.

What’s mind blowing is this was hundreds year old history when Rome tried the same thing.

This one spot is famous for losing battles and ancient people loved choosing this battleground and then losing

Another one I didn’t know is gay.

Props to msm for not making it a big deal

Odd way to learn altman is gay.

Kinda shocked I’ve never seen a “worlds richest gay man!” Headline. That feels like low hanging fru-

Saved the whole collection earlier.

How does “getting Romans killed” (See every time Rome went to war, lost tens of thousands, said “fuck you” and raised another army) compare? Or is this still killing romans?

Its always interesting to me how much human sacrifice does happen in ancient western/European cultures.

Especially considering how much judgement modern history puts against it while also simping for Rome endlessly.

Something about the pseudo mid west gives people some hard opinions about the internet for some reason, but I also met a lot of neighbors on Mastodon lol

My home town celebrates August 8th because that’s when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Paducah KY.

Two months.

Actually I needed it. Dunno why, but I didn’t realize anything was red.

They also seemed to hold a grudge.

Rome lost a battle to you 100 years ago. They remembered.

I can see how you’d struggle to find youtubers who aren’t sucking Musks toes if you’re watching AI news people and Russell Brand.

But trust me, choosing to simply consume content that isn’t so negative is the quickest way to find rational people.

I personally really like Alex O’Connor right now. He does a lot of engagement with religious and philosophical type people. He’s an atheist who’s just genuinely trying to understand.

Not specifically. I just remember how much Thunderf00t made me an angry atheist for a time and how unpleasant that was mentally.

Looks like he’s on a hyper Musk hate train now. Which while based I’m sure his content is still very toxic to consume.

And I don’t wish that on anyone.

I think a real hobby would help with your mental health…

What an almost bold general.

I swear, the History channel documentary on his crossing of the Alps made this seem like a bigger threat.

Poor bastard tried to insert himself into Italian politics, found out how petty and absurd it is (and always will be), then lost due to confusion.

I’m finally learning Roman history after being a medievalist and American history fan for so long.

I can’t wait to male more memes.

The book I was reading made it sound like they were preparing for a proper siege, but the Wiki said they were fielded in lines. Which blows my mind.

So this image. One legion (5,000) lined up against presumably the bulk of Hannibal’s* army (50-60,000), and then Hannibal “paper hands” of Carthage fucking leaving instead of fighting them!

Yeah I can see how a Roman would ride that high into an empire. They were probably ready to die.

I agree. Lots of great movies aren’t necessarily box office winners.

That being said I’m 95% sure From Ares is going to suffer the same fate as every other Tron.

We all collectively forget about them until the next one comes out in a decade.

Welcome to the class war rebellion comrade.

This is one of those things where my 6+ ft height is a privilege.

I have never even dreamed of putting my feet on the dash.

I want to be called out.

I love philosophy stuff and often I’ll start to form an opinion that’s a scientific or even problematic.

My lovely fiancé will often call out potentially shitty thoughts and I re-evaluate them.