Stupidest things you have ever seen written (about ancient history)

[fomalhaut]

knowing catullus he was probably making fun of weird cults?

[Atraphoenix]

I reaaly do not know whther it is true or not but the conquest of egypt by persian by using cats was the most stupid one.
according to that legend persians knew cats are treated as wholy creatures in egypt and they collected them and released them against the egyptian army. they retreated not to press and kill them by accident and persians conquered egypt.

If it is true it must be the most stupid battle ever made...

[moonburn]

If it is true it must be the most stupid battle ever made...

it took the romans over 100 years to conquer northern ulterior lusitania because they assumed the (currently lima) river would make them forget who they where the river of oblivion or something like that

beliefs and superstitions are always extremly important when leading many men since you can´t loose 30 minutes reasoning with each one

[antisocialmunky]

it took the romans over 100 years to conquer northern ulterior lusitania because they assumed the (currently lima) river would make them forget who they where the river of oblivion or something like that

beliefs and superstitions are always extremly important when leading many men since you can´t loose 30 minutes reasoning with each one

Well they did have to fight like a 200 year long counter insurgency campaign...

[Ibrahim]

knowing catullus he was probably making fun of weird cults?

exactly. I think he referred to a rock or a pot-sherd being used.

that guy always cracks me up reading his more satirical material. he was a genius.

Cybele. I have no idea how weird it was, but it seems to have fairly wide-spread and long-lasting for a Cult.

well, if it involves self castration, then I guess it can be safely counted as "weird"-even for a Roman. I see the practice according to this article being used on the more ecstatic male followers.

[Ca Putt]

it may just be spam but either way I was quite amused:

pop up add:
choose the helmet used by the roman empire -
a corinthean, a kabuto(ok I did not know that but I looked it up: the samurai helmet) and a wiking helmet with those silly horns on both sides.

even more hillarious than the weapon question with crossbow sword and axe.

[moonburn]

it may just be spam but either way I was quite amused:

pop up ad:
choose the helmt used by the roman empire -
a corinthean, a kabuto(ok I did not know that but I looked it up: the samurai helmet) and a wiking helmet with those silly horns on both sides.

even more hillarious than the weapon question with crossbow sword and axe.

don´t know about wiking but vikings didn´t used horns on their helmets it was something priests and monks used to try and demonize the heathens stealling from monestary´s

[Ca Putt]

sorry about the w It's spelled with w where I live. but anyway I know that they were not used, which is why I added "silly" otherwise one could say those were used in the roman empire - by germanic auxillaries that is ;)

I'm on the boards for long enough to know a few things about history ;)

[athanaric]

even more hillarious than the weapon question with crossbow sword and axe.

Technically the Romans used all three, though the axe was actually a tool for them and the crossbow only a late thing.

When in doubt, always go with spear, because that weapon was used by all cultures. Likewise the shield - even the Japanese used shields during earlier periods.

[Ca Putt]

which is why I thought it hillarious - there beeing no one right answer

and It was spam why should I click spam, it's not like I'd get my money(or harddrive) back when I complain that my answer was correct they just suck at history. it would however been more hillarious when one option had been a spear.