c/historymemes · by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 1yWar is hell 244 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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cfi@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Dude wouldn't even know what an elephant was, most likely
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
That would make it even more terrifying.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 9 pts · 1y
That’s how they got the term!
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
'Luca Bos', they called them, when they first encountered them ~50 years before Hannibal crossed the Alps. 'Lucanian Cows' - because they first saw them in the region of Lucania, and had no other frame of reference for such beasts.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
"I sure hope we don't get surrounded by a numerically smaller opponent!" - Some Roman bois.
InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Huh, I didn't know the romans thought it was over.
Figured they'd think it was just not worthy of their attention at that moment.