Explanation: While not a universal practice of Celtic peoples, there are occasional incidents wherein Celtic tribes were noted to go into battle naked or near-naked to prove their bravery.
tbf, the swords could be extremely variable. I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe's swords bent after some hard fighting and they had to have their comrades cover them while they tried to straighten them back out to a semi-fight-worthy condition.
Also, while blue paint was Briton, according to Caesar, tattooing and war paint more generally are attested to in literary sources (though not uncontroversially) amongst other Celtic peoples.
I've had modern steel spearhead bend during a re-enactment fight because I hit a plate really hard. I just bent it back in shape and continued. So I guess it doesn't necessarily mean they had bad swords.
If by "recruit" you mean enslave thousands of people and force them to work on building siege machines and digging tranches than yes :)
Seriously, I've read that each Mongol warrior was supposed to catch like 10 people as they moved through the invaded lands and they would move all those people like cattle with the army. When they finally reached the main objective they would force all those people to cut down trees and build siege machines. People from smaller towns would flee the incoming army to bigger forts which meant that before Mongols got there the cities were already overcrowded and had troubles to withstand the siege. It was methodical and brutal and worked perfectly.
Of course when you take a town you kill the ruler and most of the nobles. But people with talent would be drafted to do whatever it was they were good at... so translators, people helping with logistics, and so on, right?
Oh yes, they would be brought back to the capital to serve the empire. I thought you meant recruited for fighting which I don't think happened. They were great at using all the skilled tradesmen. I think they even brought some miners back from Europe to open mines in Mongolia.
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 39 pts · 78d
Explanation: While not a universal practice of Celtic peoples, there are occasional incidents wherein Celtic tribes were noted to go into battle naked or near-naked to prove their bravery.
MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app · 27 pts · 78d
A naked guy running at you with a sword is pretty intimidating.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 78d
Celts:
PugJesus@piefed.social · 38 pts · 78d
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 78d
That's a convenient shield placement.
Beangut@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 77d
Disagree.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 78d
Blue paint was only used by Briton Celts.
Central European Celts who invented chainmail and had the best swords: "Am i a joke to you?"
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 78d
The adolescent in me can't stop giggling
PugJesus@piefed.social · 16 pts · 78d
tbf, the swords could be extremely variable. I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe's swords bent after some hard fighting and they had to have their comrades cover them while they tried to straighten them back out to a semi-fight-worthy condition.
Also, while blue paint was Briton, according to Caesar, tattooing and war paint more generally are attested to in literary sources (though not uncontroversially) amongst other Celtic peoples.
maltasoron@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 78d
I've had modern steel spearhead bend during a re-enactment fight because I hit a plate really hard. I just bent it back in shape and continued. So I guess it doesn't necessarily mean they had bad swords.
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 77d
Right. It's better to have a sword that bends than one that shatters.
Also, some celts were working iron before the Romans.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 5 pts · 77d
Sure, keep telling yourself that instead of admitting you bought from Ea-Nasirs descendants.
wieson@feddit.org · 4 pts · 77d
(╯°□°)ᕗ EA-NASIR!!!!
ewo@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 77d
He cam't keep getting away with this!
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 77d
How old are you?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 77d
You weren't there?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 6 pts · 77d
No, I wasn't invited.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 77d
Oh, sorry. I'll invite you to the next sword bendening
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 78d
The blue paint was crafted from a plant that only grows/grew? in Britain.
teft@piefed.social · 6 pts · 78d
The dye is made from woad. It grows all over Europe and Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isatis_tinctoria
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 77d
True and its especially common in Valais lets gooooo!!!!
Maultasche@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
And helmets, so good, the Romans copied them
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 78d
How to beat the celts:
Fight them in a fight of hip high stinging nettles, holly or hogweed
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 77d
I thought it was sending Bird to Indianapolis
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 12 pts · 77d
Mongols: kill everyone and keep riding
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 77d
Mongols would also recruit as they rolled over every city and fort, right?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 8 pts · 77d
If by "recruit" you mean enslave thousands of people and force them to work on building siege machines and digging tranches than yes :)
Seriously, I've read that each Mongol warrior was supposed to catch like 10 people as they moved through the invaded lands and they would move all those people like cattle with the army. When they finally reached the main objective they would force all those people to cut down trees and build siege machines. People from smaller towns would flee the incoming army to bigger forts which meant that before Mongols got there the cities were already overcrowded and had troubles to withstand the siege. It was methodical and brutal and worked perfectly.
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 77d
Of course when you take a town you kill the ruler and most of the nobles. But people with talent would be drafted to do whatever it was they were good at... so translators, people helping with logistics, and so on, right?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 6 pts · 77d
Oh yes, they would be brought back to the capital to serve the empire. I thought you meant recruited for fighting which I don't think happened. They were great at using all the skilled tradesmen. I think they even brought some miners back from Europe to open mines in Mongolia.
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 77d
Also they used the captured locals left over as "cannon fodder" in front of the army as a way to demoralize the defense that had to kill their owns.
(Of course cannon here is more arrows but you get the point)
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 77d
The penis mightier than the sword.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 77d
I mean it works for my concerts