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>>2891617

Imagine being a Roman and seeing these people for the first time, looking not quite human nor normal.

How the fuck does that even happen? I've seen Mayan skull elongation, which is pretty bad, but this looks like the skull actually grew twice the size it normally does. I know nothing about the matter, but really have to doubt this sort of thing is possible barring a major deformity.

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>>2891638
>not having a skull elongation fetish

>>2891444
Maternal mortality rates were terrible, especially for urban societies pre-germ theory. (it wasn't usually childbirth per se that was fatal, but the possibility of accompanying infection, which was more risky as you concentrated more people together). When there are no, or at least few women around, fucking a guy in the butt, especially a feminine little boy, (relatively feminine anyway) seems more attractive. See: any prison.

Just finished reading The Franklin Coverup. Why was homosexuality (particularly pederasty [boy fucking]) so common among the Western elite? My understanding is that the masses looked down on it, but the politicians, scientists, soldiers, etc. practiced it all the time. Why did they all want to fuck little boys and each other? Did they have a biological drive to do so? and, if so, where the hell did that come from? Was there something in the water? They claim it strengthened their understandings of each other and metaphysical/intellectual connections, but we all know that was an excuse to be fags. WHY WERE THEY ALL FAGS?!

>>2891444
>>2891444
It was huge for Spartans due to their culture. The state would take the boys from their mothers and they would be forced to live with grown men for what? 8-10 years at a time? They literally ate, slept, and shat war. The boys would do everything from get schooled in combat, carry armor, and 'serve' the men. This brainwashing of war mongering made them raging homobutts. Probably the scariest homosexuals to ever walk the earth.

>>2891425
Where do your responsibilities lie, with the patient or with your own interests? What if I found the bypass surgery you desperately needed against my moral code and thus deny you medical care?

>>2891425
>get shot by stray bullet
>get taken to hospital to be treated
>You say "Thank god for this"
>Doctor says "oh shit sorry, I don't treat theists because my conscience won't allow it"
>You say "thank god for laws that allow doctors to deny you treatment based on their conscience" and die like a faggot

>>2891491
>>2891514
>le committing murder and giving whore pills is analgous to life saving surgery

Simply ebin

>>2891387
Complete virtual signaling to complain about one and not complain about the firebombing of tokyo

>>2891387

They were a meme weapon.

> "The atomic bomb was more than a weapon of terrible destruction; it was a psychological weapon." - Henry L. Stimson

it was the right move. It proved that violence really does work. They turned into one of the the most docile and polite races overnight

>>2891378
Not very well I imagine, I've just been hit by a truck.

>>2891465
Well you may have died, but a copy of you has been stored by God and send it back to the past.

>>2891480
Why would he do such a thing?

If you take God to be the psychological projection of the people at the time, telling a dude not to sacrifice his son is a pretty big deal

>>2891133
He did tell Abraham to sacrifice his son though. Just not literally.

The story is analogous to a man who love his wife more than God, when that's the case the wife becomes that mans savior. But when he finds his wife with another man, he proceeds to kill his wife, the kids, and himself, because his wife was his idol, his god, a highly influential part of his life. He worshiped her.

The sacrifice of Isaac, like a lot of the stories in the bible has multiple lessons. It's a lesson on idolatry among others, since Abraham loved his son too much. If anything ever happened to Isaac, if he stubbed his toe on a rock and fell down a hill and broke his neck, if he was trampled by a herd of cows and died, caught a disease and died, whatever...if anything happen to him, Abraham would have probably lost his faith and cursed God and abandoned his role in creating Jacob/Israel.

So...God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, out of his heart and place God above all. God being what though? God is described as the ultimate in justice, ultimate righteousness, love, perfect morality, utter perfection. A blind faith, that despite the darkness that surrounds everything, there is a light and justice.

So the man who kills his family because he finds his wife with another man, a common narrative, it's because he loves his wife more than the ultimate truth. Which is God.

This in general is the cause of a variable of suffering. Loving things too much, including people to the point that in a certain event you don't get what you want, or are betrayed, you will feel more devastated due to your misguided logic, rationale, and focus.

So Abraham circumcised Isaac out of the top of his heart. God made him do this and it ultimately made Abraham stronger.

In Abraham's mind, if anything happened to Isaac, he would now know Isaac was in God's hand afterwards, no reason to over-react or worry about Isaac too much anymore.

>>2891021
>Why does Jehovah look like the antagonist of the Bible?
Because "Jehova" is Jaldabaoth, the antagonist of humankind.

>>2890716
Islam is the fastest growing religion and will very soon be the largest religion in the world. Therefore it is more likely to be true.

>>2890729
> fastest growing religion
Hasn't been true for years.

>>2890729
Islam is growing because they're getting more children and because using the sword to spread your faith is actually allowed in Islam

>>2890645
>Make nice pots.
>Advanced
Sure helped them when the Yayoi came over, huh?

>>2890658

Probably. Japs have 50% Jomon paternal lines. Korean settlers were very impressed by them it seems and happily offered them their daughters. Very stark contrast to how things worked out in the rest of the world.

>>2890658
Specialist labor is a sign of advanced society. Elaborate decorative pottery like this is only possible with a great deal of practice and training, which means they had both advanced agricultural practices capable of sustaining a surplus population not engaged in subsistence living and that they also had an abundance of raw materials needed for manufacturing pottery. They would need enough not only to produce pots as luxuries but also to train new pot makers and experiment with new designs. This is a sign of considerable prosperity, that you can devote so much effort and resources into something far removed from survival.

I don't get it. That's Charles XII or XIII on the left and some random dude on the right.

>>2890665
>implying it's not Charles XII or XIII on the right and some random dude on the left

fucking shit thread

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>>2890552
I've just finished my first year of postgrad classical studies and I'm waiting for my end of year assessment results. I now have 4 months of free reading and research. Currently reading Cicero's 'The nature of the gods' and comentarii de Bello Galico with a parallel translation so I can at least attempt to read parts in Latin. (I treated myself to a beautiful Loeb copy)

I have started Wheelock's Latin and aim to get half ways decent at Latin over the summer, I did it in high school for two years but my grammar is very rusty.

Is anybody interested in starting a study group for learning Latin on here? It could be a weekly thread or something like that?

>>2890552
>>2890630
What do you plan to do for a career? I'm a PhD student in Genetics and I wish I did Classics instead. I read more Plutarch than scientific papers.

>>2890630
Also where can I find a parallel translation of de Bello Galico? I read it in English.

>>2890420
they had really good horses they didn't need bombs

I want you to think really hard anon. What happened in the middle east during the 1980's. Reach back to before when you were born, what major political happenings were going on?
USSR? USA? Mujahadeen? Giving guns?

>>2890420
The hashashin were kinda like modern terrorists, assassinating people in broad daylight

more like 20%

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>Getting mad that a board about history is full of people with ancient ideologies

Jee willikers thats just crazy. Its almost as though studying history liberates one from the biases inherent in one's own epoch. Why oh why can't everyone just subscribe to a Whig version of history like me?

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>>2890213
>dude just ban things that trigger me xDDD

>>2889533
Why?

>>2889560
So Americans can pretend they have a history

good technique, when you rewind a tape you can see where moving things came from

>Non Est Me

At least do it right, dipshit. Latin is easier than ever to learn

>>2889305
Just got a mental image of a 19 year old legionnaire with Natus est occidere painted on his helmet rolling out of the back of a chariot while a grizzled, old optio screams at him to clear a nearby hovel with his gladius, all to the tune of Fortunate Son.

Thank you for that.

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>be Germanic warrior from deep in the Barbaricum
>my gods are strong and my people are noble
>one day some strange shaved men in cloaks enter the homestead and begin telling us of their one god
>confused at this
>how can one god be more powerful than many?
>enquire as to where the shaved men come from
>they tell us they come from the land of the Romans far to the south
>they say that their god is the god of the Romans and the Romans are mighty
>they say there is much wealth in the south and if we open our ears to the religion of the man of the desert we can fight for the Romans and gain much wealth
>land is becoming increasingly bare and sparse, not much is growing any more
>decide to march south with my entire family to sign up with the Roman military
>I couldn't have known where I would end up today

Fucking civilized cunny is the best. Thank you Father Aelianus and Gregorius. Thank you for the life you've given me.

>>2889203
Not since 600 BC, no.

>>2889203

Karaites.

>>2889249
Good call, but they don't really believe it either or they would become Christians.