>Alexander 5' 7" >Hannibal Barca 5' 7"

People didn't drink milk regularly back then

That's probably the median height for men during those time periods, or close to it. So yes, it can be a coincidence.

>manlets
Was it their insecurity over their height that drove these men to achieve the great things they did?

>>1621715
Modal

>>1621718
if by achieve great things you mean kill lanklets and take their shit then probably

>>1621739
>nobody talks about the Lanklet Holocaust that has been going on for millenniums now

>>1621710

They were SHORT on a few things.

Though this matters LITTLE.

>>1621710
Where are you getting the non-napoleon measurements from

>>1621904
deadliest warrior wiki

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They all died like bitches

>>1621921
>deadliest warrior wiki

>>1622018
>deadliest warrior wiki

>>1622027
>deadliest
>warrior
>wiki

>>1622018
>>1622027
>>1622038
what's wrong with the deadliest warrior wiki

>>1622079
Three things, mainly:
>deadliest
>warrior
>wiki

>>1621710
5' 7'' was the 6' 1'' in times when people subsisted on 1000 calories a week.

>>1622120
the deadliest warrior wiki says spartans were 5' 8"
http://deadliestwarrior.wikia.com/wiki/Spartan
and knights were 5' 11"
http://deadliestwarrior.wikia.com/wiki/Knight

>>1622079
It's a wiki for a shitty entertainment show

It's not a good source

>>1622136
it has information that comes from historical experts

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>>1621710
The God-Emperor of Mankind was secretly a manlet?

>>1621710
>>illuminati confirmed

>>1621714
>What is kumis?

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>>1621710
So they're 170cms tall? Jesus fucking Christ you Americans.

This can't be right

Alexander was supposed to be a manlet even for his own time. An anecdote from Plutarch mentions that Darius' mother confused Haephestion for Alexander because he is actually physically imposing

Caesar was supposed to be rather tall for a Roman

Ghengis Khan was also supposed to be a bigger man who could kick the shit outta people

>>1622229
>who could kick the shit outta people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smfOseT2UUc

>>1621710
>im 5'7
>ascendancy confirmed

>>1622144
I'm pretty sure je could shapeshift and change his appearance so no.

>>1622229
>An anecdote from Plutarch mentions that Darius' mother confused Haephestion for Alexander because he is actually physically imposing
persian royals were taller than greeks, she probably just picked the taller manlet
>Caesar was supposed to be rather tall for a Roman
he was of tall stature which could mean that he had good posture/ appeared taller/ wore lifts like augustus - suetonius implies that 5' 6" was a respectable height
>Ghengis Khan was also supposed to be a bigger man who could kick the shit outta people
what's your source

>>1622229
>Ghengis Khan was also supposed to be a bigger man who could kick the shit outta people

There's no records of Genghis Khan's stature during his lifetime.

>>1622137
>"historical experts"

made they had an episode that had the IRA fighting the Taliban in a car park

fuckin hell mate

quote from actual academic works or primary sources, not a wiki

>>1622315
so you're saying you know better than actual historical experts

>>1622262

>5' 6"
British or Roman units?

>>1622355
>His complexion was betwixt brown and fair; his stature but low; though Julius Marathus, his freedman, says he was five feet and nine inches in height.
british

>>1622322
No I'm saying that posting a wiki that's edited by anonymous people doesn't count as a good source

I mean c'mon, the website even posts his weight in pounds.

Also, both his height and weight HAVE NO SOURCE.

Those stats are probably made up.

>>1622360
it is made with information taken from the show which is made with the help of actual historical experts

>>1622315
>they had an episode that had the IRA fighting the Taliban in a car park

sauce? sounds entertaining.

>>1622364
"Historical experts"

Peter van Rossum (Sword and Shield Champion)
Kendall Wells (Bladed Weapon Specialist)

Yeah, those two sure sound like experts on Alexander the Great

Post some real sources ya dip

>>1622371
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7iYY-yV3So

It's a fucking meme show

I have no idea why that anon is using it as a source

honestly i'd take the deadliest warrior wiki over Wikipedia any day

>>1622389
this

did you know that alexander the great once lost a battle against atilla the hun?

he also used an umbrella as a joke weapon

here's my source btw

http://deadliestwarrior.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_the_Great retreived 14:15 30/08/16

>>1622393
why are you so angry about facts confirmed by actual historical experts

>>1622395
no that stuff is legitimately in the article

Do you not think alexander used an umbrella as a joke weapon?

What? Do you think you know more than historical experts?

>>1622393
git mad, these articles are great

>>1621715
Caesars commentaries claim that the people of Gaul were "giants" in comparison to his army. It might be just general exaggeration to make your own accomplishments sound more amazing but if true it implies that 5 7 was not average.

>>1622418
I should note that the people of gaul were about 5 8.

>>1622418
other sources state the celts were taller than the romans and other Mediterraneans

IIRC polybius states the massagatae were pretty tall

>>1622414
epic trololo

>>1622364

Actual historical experts cite primary sources to validate statements if they want to be taken seriously. The value of historical experts, furthermore, is on their analysis, not the mere statement of facts, where primary sources take priority. An "expert" saying someone is 5'7 is useless if they don't say how they came to that conclusion.

Not to mention
>historical """"""""experts""""""""""

>>1622425
what's your primary source for this

what is so bad with being a manlet?
at least in a shotting we can hide better
and we can be comfy in less space

>>1622431
if anything this should be something for manlets to take pride in

>>1622427
Gilbert J. Garraghan, A Guide to Historical Method, Fordham University Press: New York (1946). ISBN 0-8371-7132-6
Louis Gottschalk, Understanding History: A Primer of Historical Method, Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1950). ISBN 0-394-30215-X.
Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier, From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods, Cornell University Press: Ithaca (2001). ISBN 0-8014-8560-6.
C. Behan McCullagh, Justifying Historical Descriptions, Cambridge University Press: New York (1984). ISBN 0-521-31830-0.
R. J. Shafer, A Guide to Historical Method, The Dorsey Press: Illinois (1974). ISBN 0-534-10825-3.

>>1622427

I'm saying your shitty wikisource is far from conclusive, but if you want a primary source on Caesar's height the literal only thing I know if is Suetonius' description of him, which is "tall." Googling it the 5'7 stat just seems to be regurgitated between idiots not actually proving a primary source, just citing other websites that don't cite one.

And Suetonius never met him, so anything on Caesar's height is probably a guess at best.

Grieg - 5'1"
Schubert - 5'1"
Ravel - 5'2"
Beethoven - 5'2"
Mozart - 5'4"
Wagner - 5'5"
Chopin - 5'6"
Dvorak - 5'11

>>1622444
>"With what hands," or "with what strength did they, especially [as they were] men of such very small stature" (for our shortness of stature, in comparison with the great size of their bodies, is generally a subject of much contempt to the men of Gaul),
he says "our shortness" so he obviously wasn't taller than the average gaul, so 5' 7" seems fair

Tamerlane the Great - 4'2"

>>1622477
tamerlane was not 4' 2"

next you'll say atilla was a dwarf

>>1622479
http://deadliestwarrior.wikia.com/wiki/Attila_the_Hun

It's true though

he was like 4 foot

>>1622474

I'm not saying the number arrived at was wrong, I'm saying the burden of proving it goes further than citing the deadliest warrior wiki. If you're going to cite an "expert" you should at least cite one that tells you how they came to that conclusion either through a citation or explaining it in the text. A comparative analysis with the Gallic wars and average heights in Gaul is far more legitimate.

Even then, 5'7 is a ballpark.

>>1622485
shit sidonius wrote something on the huns i only have the thing jordanes wrote

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>>1622144
>>1622259
HERESY!!!

>>1622418
>It might be just general exaggeration to make your own accomplishments sound more amazing
I always hear this but then its just arguing from personal credulity in a sort of high-school history crash course attempt at an essay on Roman historians....
Why do people say this if it has no credence?

>>1622999
>>1622418

The (British) Victorians noted how short other peoples of Europe were, they put it down to the greater prosperity of Britain, that allowed even the poor to eat meat every day.