Why did neither Rome nor Parthia outright conquer Armenia?
Did they fear the Kardashian warrior? What was the point of the gay client kingdom shit?
>>3332112
literally
>conquer Armenia
>make them vassals
>try to get more control
>they rebel and invite Romans
>Romans make them vassals
>try to get more control
>they rebel and invite Persians
Rinse & repeat.
>>3332112
Realpolitik, mountains, lack of resources, and Nakharars.
Are Ukrainians proud of their treacherous and murderous ancestors?
>>3332069
I can't read poverty runes, what is this?
>>3332080
It's the Battle of Zhovti Vody.
The Cossack force aligned with Potocki and Czarniecki betrayed them and joined with the tatars and Khmelnytsky.
>kwetching lyakh
Hey /his/, I recently had the pleasure of attending an exhibition of Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Warriors in my area and thought you guys would like to see what they had on display.
The camera quality wasn't great, but I hope you guys can enjoy the pictures all the same.
Is it easier to rule as a dictator when you're an ethnic minority?
>Saddam was a Sunni Arab in a mostly Shi'ite country
>Assad is an Alawite in a mostly Sunni country
>Stalin was a Georgian ruling Russia
>Hitler was a catholic austrian ruling over a majority protestant state
>Qing dynasty were ethnic Manchus
>Tito was a Croat
>>3331830
YOU IGNORE WHAT THE WORD "ETHNIC" MEANS.
>>3331830
>Qing Dynasty
>Dictatorship
>>3331830
Maybe the reason why they fucked those people up was because they didn't really belong to them so they didn't feel as much emotional attachement.
After 30 years this is what ive come to believe. Which philosophy/philosopher correlates best with these beliefs? Do you share some of these or all. If not, what are your findings?
Book suggestions for me?
1. Nobody cares if you are alive or dead.
2. Nobody cares if you are happy or miserable.
3. All things come to an end.
4. Women are no leaders.
5. People are poor actors.
6. People are egoistic.
7. People wish to control others.
8. Absolute power corrupts.
9. There is no god but money and pussy worship.
10. There is no karma.
11. There is no destiny.
12. Nature is indifferent.
13. Moral codes are man-made.
14. Life is suffering.
15. There comes nothing after death, just as before life.
16. Biological meaning of life is to survive and replicate.
17. Spiritual meaning is individual.
18. Fear is stronger than love.
>>3331719
The Holy Bible
>>3331719
Nihilism coupled with teen depression.
You're not 30.
>be Russian Liberation Army soldier fighting for the germans in normandy during D-day landings
>no desire to fight the allies, intend to surrender to allies as quickly as possible
>allies drop propaganda leaflets promising you a speedy repatriation to the soviet union if you surrender quickly
>terrified, you now fight bitterly to the death instead
lmao. why were allies so dumb-dumb?
most of the soviet atrocity and practices were not really known back then
>>3331611
<citation needed>
>>3331615
but it is well known if you are a turncoat you are going to be killed in the USSR, one way or another
BTFO Elitist shitlords, dong farmers and seed reapers only.
Mail and Brigandines. Were levies still a thing in 1300s? Dont know.
>>3331592
They were a thing up to the 100 years war.
>>3331592
Mail and Brigandine seems like a thing men at arms and even high end knights might wear. Do you have any sources? It doesn't have to be levies just common infantry.
Now that the dust has settled, what's the verdict on this man's government? Savior of Portugal, or brutal tyrant?
>>3331524
Actually not that bad, oppressive sure but he stabilise a dysfunctional republic and grew the economy. He was also very intelligent and a fantastic speech giver.
>>3331524
>Savior of Portugal, or brutal tyrant
>implying it's not both
>>3331524
>tyrant
Depends of your definition of tyrant
>brutal
No
>Savior of Portugal
Yes
What if arabs conquered Rome?
>>3331469
then we'd be all muslims
/thread
>>3331469
If you has been in rome you must know they do
Hey dude, just lie to them, lmao
Dude, elephants lmao
"great" men
>>3331363
this guy is overrated
>he wastes time reading about the achievements of better men
>>3331206
Stop stealing my quotes
>he wastes time shitposting about the achievements of better men
It's kind of sad, there were some top lads in my family line, running companies, leading armies, yet I'm nothing but an artist
KEK!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>3331082
Why are you posting pictures of larpers in /his/?
Why do people continually forgot the importance of artillery in the battlefield?
Ever since the French brought them over to Italy in the 16th century theyve been a major player in warfare,and after the war of the Austrian succession theyve been the main contributor of battle casualty,you had 43% chance to survive a musket ball in the torso while you had 11% from artillery fragments
No they dont
Its so obvious, that there isnt a lot to say about it.
>>3330841
>you had 43% chance to survive a musket ball in the torso while you had 11% from artillery fragments
What about an artillery ball in the torso?
>>3330841
>comparing big gun to several THOUSAND small guns
>>/k/
How reliable is this guy?
>>3330767
Lets just say his looks do not inspire confidence.
>>3330773
He seems to be OK, and I enjoy his videos. He's a Youtuber, btw, and focuses heavily on medieval weapons, warfare, and culture. It' s the first good picture I could find.
>>3330782
You're him aren't you?
r8 my oc
post anything because there is no general meme thread.
>>3330550
The King of the Romans humiliated by based Sultan Alp Arslan