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>>3051936
Either accept it and use it as motivation to enjoy it while you can in a way you want to, or distract yourself by working and achieving until you drop dead. Dwelling on it is pointless, you won't find a solution sitting in the mire of nihilism. Either cross it or don't set foot in it.

If nihilistic thoughts ruin your enjoyment of life that life probably wasn´t too joyful in the first place. Nihilism is a product of boredom, general depression and/or being underage. Get a hobby, a girlfriend or a job you like.

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>>3051925
Not glorious, but nowhere near as bad as Western propagandists portray it to be.

>>3051925

Perfect in every way. Return to work, comrade citizen.

>>3051728
>Is it likely that a Pan-Celtic state will ever come into fruition?
maybe not a state but shit close to one, maybeeee

>Could it ever become a European power?
the toppest of keks

>>3051748
Not a major power obviously, but less irrelevant than the Celtic nations are atm due to their tiny size and populations

>>3051728
Maybe in Britain if London really mucks up bad.
Near impossible in France.

anyone?

>>3051392

OP here with my thoughts.

It's important to note that the first Persian expedition under Darius I almost succeeded; the Greeks survived by the skin of their teeth. Mind you, that expedition did not see the full might of the Achaemenids descend upon the Greek City States. Darius had entrusted the campaign to several of his satraps, relying on satrapal armies to end the Greeks.

If Cyrus was to fully commit to subjugating Sparta, he could have done so. Perhaps even the whole of Greece. There was an near unlimited supply of experienced troops and commanders. Harpagus had plenty of experience fighting the hoplites successfully, which would have been useful in mainland Greece.

>>3051392
>He told the delegation that Sparta would have much to worry about if he lived
And? Spartan comebacks were pure gold.

>>3051392
>It's important to note that the first Persian expedition under Darius I almost succeeded; the Greeks survived by the skin of their teeth.
Are you high? It came nowhere near to accomplishing any of its objectives. It couldn't even maneuver itself properly, and lost to what essentially amounted to a citizen's militia. Even if the Persians had somehow won at Marathon, there's no indication they could actually have besieged a fortified Polis with what they had on hand.

>If Cyrus was to fully commit to subjugating Sparta, he could have done so. Perhaps even the whole of Greece. There was an near unlimited supply of experienced troops and commanders. Harpagus had plenty of experience fighting the hoplites successfully, which would have been useful in mainland Greece.
That worked out so well when Xerxes tried, or when you had the Delian league wars.

>>3051088
Check out the sate of the castle in your picture and you'll get your answer

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You saw a gradual transition towards lower and thicker walls, eventually culminating in the star forts.

Gunpowder didn't, as commonly believed, instantly make castles obsolete. Early cannons were unwieldy and relatively weak. It did, however, change the mechanics of siegecraft.

Fun fact of the day, a petard is a cannon that is designed to be rolled up until it's touching the gate of a fortification, and then fired at point blank range to blow the door off.

"Hoist upon your own petard" literally refers to the act of being killed in an explosion from a malfunctioning siege machine.

>>3051000
He is responsible for Soviet Union, so yes

>>3051010
This.

He was a Commie was he not?

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>tfw my father wasn't deployed in Afghanistan whilst he was in the USSR military

please stop trying to force this shitty meme

>>3050444

Hwang empire isn't a meme though. Koreans are dead serious about it.

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>>3050437
King Wewuz fought on the Finnish side.