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War is hell (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] cfi@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dude wouldn't even know what an elephant was, most likely

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would make it even more terrifying.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 9 points 1 month ago

That’s how they got the term!

What is that creatures? That thing is hella fat!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

'Luca Bos', they called them, when they first encountered them ~50 years before Hannibal crossed the Alps. 'Lucanian Cows' - because they first saw them in the region of Lucania, and had no other frame of reference for such beasts.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

"I sure hope we don't get surrounded by a numerically smaller opponent!" - Some Roman bois.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Huh, I didn't know the romans thought it was over.

Figured they'd think it was just not worthy of their attention at that moment.