Re: Tzeentch's Thread of Everchanging Topics

[Antistia]

Ever seen those Shaolin monks and wondered how'd they do in a real fight?

I present you:



Shortly after 14:50 the monk does something quite fucking awesome.

[Rmuffn]

Isn't that the soundtrack from Zul'drak instances...?

[Antistia]

This is well worth listening to.

And Erahn, I don't know.

[Rmuffn]

FUCK YOU YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ALL-KNOWING, I DON'T WANT YOU FOR EMPEROR ANYMORE

[Antistia]

FUCK YOU YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ALL-KNOWING, I DON'T WANT YOU FOR EMPEROR ANYMORE

DISSENT?! DO I NEED TO CRUCIFY YOU OR WILL YOU COME TO YOUR SENSES BY YOURSELF?!

[Rmuffn]

YOLO!!!!

[Antistia]

YOLO!!!!

Darn it, you turned out to be quite feminine.

[Rmuffn]

So much for Romes might!!

[Antistia]

So much for Romes might!!

Mark Anthony is not amused.

SOLDATIIIIII



We'll kill you for that

[Lorainne/Bridlington]

Nero, my sides.

[Rmuffn]

[Lexgrad]

YOLO!!!!

Darn it, you turned out to be quite feminine.

Where did that come from, I wish to study it from a historical view point....

[Lavian]

YOLO!!!!

Darn it, you turned out to be quite feminine.

Where did that come from, I wish to study it from a historical view point....

Looks like season 2 of Spartacus.

[Darilas]

[Rmuffn]

YOLO!!!!

Darn it, you turned out to be quite feminine.

Where did that come from, I wish to study it from a historical view point....

Looks like season 2 of Spartacus.

Quite is, yes. Season 3 inc too. *excited*

[Finnabhair]

YOLO!!!!

Darn it, you turned out to be quite feminine.

Where did that come from, I wish to study it from a historical view point....

Looks like season 2 of Spartacus.

Quite is, yes. Season 3 inc too. *excited*

WOOOO!!!!! \o/

[Rmuffn]

"Underestimating your opponent as a roman trait." Did someone call for the biggest revolt in roman history!?

[Dréfurion]

"Underestimating your opponent as a roman trait." Did someone call for the biggest revolt in roman history!?

They overdo the blood.

[Rmuffn]

No. Because that's the bloody point. When it's intended it isn't overdone! It's exactly what it's meant to be!

[Dréfurion]

No. Because that's the bloody point. When it's intended it isn't overdone! It's exactly what it's meant to be!

Meh. If they made i thick and the colour it right it would be cool, now it's look superfake and lame.

[Antistia]

"Underestimating your opponent as a roman trait." Did someone call for the biggest revolt in roman history!?

Biggest revolt? That's very disputable. During the Social War the Italians could field 100k battle-hardened legionnaires, Spartacus had 120k escaped slaves and total number of combatants are unknown afaik. It's quite reasonable to estimate that the total number of combatants would be well under 100k on Spartacus' side. At least, that's my opinion. Then you've got the Asiatic Vespers in which 80k Romans & Italians were executed on the same day throughout all of Asia minor, which I guess you could classify in part as a revolt.

If you would define the Palmyrene and Gallic empires as provinces in revolt then you've also gotten huge revolts there. The emperor who conquered both the Palmyrene empire and the Gallic empire got the title "restitutor orbis" awarded to him. Loosely translated I believe that means "restorer of the world".

Also, for some reason I want to share this with you all: A Caledonian chieftain named Calgacus supposedly said of the Romans: "They make a desert and call it peace." Though it is, more accurately translated as: "They make a solitude and call it peace". As far as I know anyway. It is also sometimes quoted as "They make a wasteland and call it peace."

ROMA VICTOR.

[Rmuffn]

Slaves, defeated armies, time and again. They were constantly on the less favoured side, never got rest, always on the move, poor resources.

Slaves became a threat to Rome, man. Not cool. ;p

[Antistia]

Slaves, defeated armies, time and again. They were constantly on the less favoured side, never got rest, always on the move, poor resources.

Slaves became a threat to Rome, man. Not cool. ;p

They did very well against the legions, yes. But a threat to Rome? No, they were a threat to the prosperity and stability of Italy. Not a threat to the city of Rome, and certainly not an existential threat to the empire :p

NOW THE PIRATES. THE PIRATES WERE A REAL GOD DAMN MENACE. THEY KIDNAPPED FUCKING GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR.

[Ixirar]

Slaves, defeated armies, time and again. They were constantly on the less favoured side, never got rest, always on the move, poor resources.

Slaves became a threat to Rome, man. Not cool. ;p

They did very well against the legions, yes. But a threat to Rome? No, they were a threat to the prosperity and stability of Italy. Not a threat to the city of Rome, and certainly not an existential threat to the empire :p

NOW THE PIRATES. THE PIRATES WERE A REAL GOD DAMN MENACE. THEY KIDNAPPED FUCKING GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR.

That kidnapping was pretty much the most incredible display of badassery any roman dictator has ever displayed. Quoting a quickly dug up source on the episode:

First, when the pirates demanded a ransom of twenty talents, Caesar burst out laughing. They did not know, he said, who it was that they had captured, and he volunteered to pay fifty. Then, when he had sent his followers to the various cities in order to raise the money and was left with one friend and two servants among these Cilicians, about the most bloodthirsty people in the world, he treated them so highhandedly that, whenever he wanted to sleep, he would send to them and tell them to stop talking.

For thirty-eight days, with the greatest unconcern, he joined in all their games and exercises, just as if he was their leader instead of their prisoner. He also wrote poems and speeches which he read aloud to them, and if they failed to admire his work, he would call them to their faces illiterate savages, and would often laughingly threaten to have them all hanged. They were much taken with this and attributed his freedom of speech to a kind of simplicity in his character or boyish playfulness.

However, the ransom arrived from Miletus and, as soon as he had paid it and been set free, he immediately manned some ships and set sail from the harbor of Miletus against the pirates. He found them still there, lying at anchor off the island, and he captured nearly all of them. He took their property as spoils of war and put the men themselves into the prison at Pergamon. He then went in person to [Marcus] Junius, the governorof Asia, thinking it proper that he, as praetor in charge of the province, should see to the punishment of the prisoners. Junius, however, cast longing eyes at the money, which came to a considerable sum, and kept saying that he needed time to look into the case.

Caesar paid no further attention to him. He went to Pergamon, took the pirates out of prison and crucified the lot of them, just as he had often told them he would do when he was on the island and they imagined that he was joking.

[Dréfurion]

Slaves, defeated armies, time and again. They were constantly on the less favoured side, never got rest, always on the move, poor resources.

Slaves became a threat to Rome, man. Not cool. ;p

They did very well against the legions, yes. But a threat to Rome? No, they were a threat to the prosperity and stability of Italy. Not a threat to the city of Rome, and certainly not an existential threat to the empire :p

NOW THE PIRATES. THE PIRATES WERE A REAL GOD DAMN MENACE. THEY KIDNAPPED FUCKING GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR.

More like GAYus julius Caesar.

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