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If you think that's bad, this is probably the most BTFO moment in the entirety of Roman history and led to the Eastern Roman Empire giving up on the west for a good century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cap_Bon_(468)
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>>3170986
How did Vandals became so experienced in naval warfare all of a sudden?
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>Yuri, i'm all out of soldiers. I'm going to ram this one. We'll see each other in gulag.
- George Zhukov, 1945
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>Wars are not won by tactics, wars are won by Russian blood.
What did he mean by this?
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>"It really is an enigma"
what the fuck
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>Mael, I'm all out of steel. I'm going to die to this one. We'll see each other in Tír na nÓg
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Who were they?
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>>3170744
they oughta do some dna tests on a corpse of a sea person , if it exists
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>>3170744
Why does the dude on the far left have a house plant helmet?
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>>3170744
Is there an autistic schizo doing these threads?
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2954192/#2954192
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2914750/#2914750
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2659130/#2659130
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2579774/#2579774
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2348165/#2348165
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2305810/#2305810
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/2102016/#2102016
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/1962536/#1962536
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/1549321/#1549321
http://desuarchive.org/his/thread/1001309/#1001309
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>Whether one agrees with Bury or not, it is certain that her brother decided to marry Honoria to a Roman senator named Bassus Herculanus who was considered "safe" and unlikely to use this connection to seize the throne. Faced with this unwanted marriage, Honoria sought the aid of Attila the Hun. She sent the Hunnish king a plea for help – and her ring – in the spring of 450. Though Honoria may not have intended a proposal of marriage, Bury points out Attila chose to interpret her message as such. He accepted, asking for half of the western Empire as dowry. When Valentinian discovered the plan, again only the influence of his mother Galla Placidia convinced him to exile, rather than kill, Honoria. He also wrote to Attila strenuously denying the legitimacy of the supposed marriage proposal
If she had a bad day that doesnt mean that the whole Western Roman Empire has to have one too
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>>3170577
Historical Thots Thread?
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>>3170577
That period was filled with retards.
eg. the governor of Africa inviting the Vandal tribes into his province to help him fight against his Roman rivals, Felix and Aetius.
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>>3170624
>Thots
Go back to twitter you normie cancer trash.
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Suggestions for English translations of the Vedas? 2017-07-31 07:40:15 Post No.3170495
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Suggestions for English translations of the Vedas?
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I've been interested in reading the Vedas, particularly the Rig Veda, but I'm not sure where to look for a good translation. Any suggestions?
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>>3170495
The vedas suck ass and make good toilet paper, just like the bible
Read the Tantraloka instead
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Avoid anything by ISKCON, but I´m not sure if they have translated the Rig Veda, they prefer the much, much later Puranic sectarian literature that they call "Vedas".
I´m not competent enough to know if it´s 100% accurate or not, but Ralph Griffith´s translation preserves the metric scheme of the hymns, which I find pretty cool. So if you could, for example, set it into music and sing in both English and Sanskrit and it would basically fit.
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The /his/ games: August 1st Edition 2017-07-31 07:24:26 Post No.3170437
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The /his/ games: August 1st Edition
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post your suggestions for contestants below
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>>3170437
Brezhnev.
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Buddha
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>1453
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What happened that year?
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>>3170352
Why are you on /his/?
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>>3170352
Glorious Ottoman Empire ravaged some tight byzantium boypussi.
Okay, so I've now lurked for a good while and have come to a solid conclusion...
/his/ is retarded.
Prove me right.
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ok.
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I men ur nut rung.
I knng uv spien.
U mumomomake me hahpee
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sure.
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Are Baby Boomers really worse than other generations, or is it just edgy kids complaining about their parents?
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>>3170303
THE FORMER.
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>>3170318
HOW IS GENERATIONAL THEORY NOT "HUMANITIES", ACCORDING TO YOU?
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>>3170318
how isn't it history?
The generation of 1940-1960 is history, isn't it?
And sure, not all baby boomers are the same, but there might be certain trends within a generation
Also, I would argue this topic is related to Humanities aswell
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Would the Aztec empire see the modern age had they somehow successfully fended off Cortes' invasion?
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No, Doom mechanics would have got them eventually.
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I think they would have eventually been conquered by some other European expedition, maybe another Spanish one, maybe by the Portuguese (though they would contravene the Tordesillas treaty) maybe even by the French, English or Dutch.
An interesting question though, what would have happened directly afterwards if the Mexicas managed to kill all Spaniards in the Noche Triste and defeated the Tlaxcalans? I imagine diseases would still pose a giant threat to the Aztecs.
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They met a warrior race more fearsome than their own.
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ITT: Smug historical figures/portraits
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Bonus points if they have good reason(s) to be so smug. This is Henry IV of France.
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Need book recommendations history/philosophy
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Hey /his/, what are some must reads for someone interested in the classical antiquity, Mesopotamia, and the Mongol empire?
Also what are some basic books I have to read to get into philosophy. I'm especially interested in libertarian literature, but open to new ideas.
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>>3169866
What part of Antiquity?
For near east, I would recommend
>A History of the Near East by Marc Van de Mieroop
For a Focus on Greeks, these four classics would cover you rather well. There is also a good lecture on iTunes U from Yale on ancient Greece.
>Herodotus: The Histories
>Thucydides: Peloponnesian War
>Xenophon: Hellenika
>Arrian: Anabasis of Alexander
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>>3169866
for mongols
https://pastebin.com/mNF84gwb
https://pastebin.com/5UHaP8Mz
and this list of books collected from a lot of other bibliographies on pastebin
https://pastebin.com/MUE0RauR
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>>3170134
Yeah I was looking for both near East and Greeks, thanks!
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Has the world always been "weird"? Look at this picture. Is there a possibility something as abnormal as this could occur in the past?
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>>3169650
Midgets and fat niggers?
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no OP midgets and fat black people are only a recent phenomenon
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>>3169650
Yes in the past they called Dwarfs, a mythical creatures who live in caves which we used as gold digger and latter as circus freak
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Anyone else took the Nietzsche pill and now can't take humanity seriously anymore? Once you realize that behind every moral or political statement there is an ulterior motive of that organism to further himself in the human
animal hierarchy everything becomes a joke.
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I remember middle school.
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>>3169618
yeah but you still gotta do it anyway
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>>3169618
Read Alasdair McIntyre's After Virtue and this may help you out.
Then, once you understood his point, you can follow his lead and study Aristotle. Or the Stoics, which IMO had a better philosophy.
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Has there ever been a State in History that has had such freedoms, liberties and rights as pre-XX century USA?
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Most modern democracies, including the modern United States. They don't have legal slavery, for starters.
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Yeh probably Cossack Hetmanate. Guns, unapologetic, free to travel
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Freedom to the state of anarchy.