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Did the Roman's ever have to engage in what the U.S military calls a 'COIN conflict'? That is, did Roman legionnaires, in either the Republic or the Empire period, ever have to contend with an insurgency or a guerrilla campaign?
>>525385
Probably; who knows.
>>525385
They had to deal with rebellions and revolts all the time. Are you serious?
The concept of a modern guerrilla war was certainly not around during the time. That's not to say there weren't people doing things a kinned to guerrilla war, such the vast majority of German tribes. But no there was never really a guerrilla war that the Romans had to fight.
And insurgencies? Do you mean political plots? All the fucking time the Roman Empire and her politics were more bloody than her wars.
I didn't know where to take this but figured you guys could best answer it. Can you break down in chronological order and put into layman's terms the events of the Abrahamic (jewish, christian and muslim) end-time prophesies? Reading directly from the bible and koran can get pretty confusing and I don't trust most interpretations I find from less than trustworthy sites. Can you guys tell me what the actually source material says but in a simple way?
>>525040
>>525040
I can't really say my rabbis have ever talked about the end of times and they don't believe in a literal messanism so yeah you die and then that's it.
Though I tend to eschew oral torah and tune out that shit they cow up with desu.
>>525918
Don't jews have an equivalent of the resurrection before the judgement?
Why are americans so evil?
Geopolitics
Insufficient recon
Wealth acquisition is not a zero sum game, so many of the evil things done were good for their role in awarding us with hegemony.
>>525032
Because we're the best in the world and everyone looks at us with envy and jealousy. Obviously you'll never admit to our superiority, so you come up with petty reasons to hate us. 'EVIL FAT CAPITALISTS RUINING THE WORLD', but all I hear is the sound of money as my country drains yours of it's usefulness.
Better to be feared than to be loved.
Why don't christians believe that mohammed was the second coming of jesus?
>>524872
neither do Muslims but you knew this before you made this thread you dumb frog poster
>>524872
because no one ever defended that stance, including mohammed
This was the guy that killed JFK. Prove me wrong.
Nah, I agree with you. I'd just love to know who ordered him to do it.
>>524825
Do you have any evidence?
>>524825
You aren't wrong. But he didn't do it of his own accord. He was a Mafia stooge chosen because of his commie past and life in the Soviet Union to look like it was the Russians who ordered it. The Mafia then had Jack Ruby shut him up because Ruby was into debt with them for a shit ton.
If society owes me nothing then why do I owe society?
Because you are biopower meant to be exploited by your owners.
>>524692
foucault pls.
lay off 4chan and go suck some guys dick in some public bathroom
>>524695
>not posting on a Ethiopian embroidery forum inbetween working the gloryhole in the truck stop
Go home newfag, you're not posting right
I was trying to do some research on the north african jews who allied with the muslims in invading spain. after the muslim advance in spain halted the non muslims that had come with them decided to keep going and carved out their own fiefdoms in france. two of those fiefdoms were ruled by powerful jewish tribes and they lasted centuries. they were so brutal that the people living in france had to ask the muslim caliphate in spain for help more than a few times.
and if someone knows of other non muslim tribes that did not stop with the muslims in spain and continued into...
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African history threads and Jewish history threads are the worst kinds of threads so this should be fun
>>524664
>after the muslim advance in spain halted the non muslims that had come with them decided to keep going and carved out their own fiefdoms in france. two of those fiefdoms were ruled by powerful jewish tribes and they lasted centuries. they were so brutal that the people living in france had to ask the muslim caliphate in spain for help more than a few times.
>>524664
Sauce?
Let us venerate the Virgin Mary, /his/!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6e9T1FpG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ew5298ZRaQ
And discuss her.
So can someone explain how Protestants could think she isn't the Mother of God without implying Nestorianism?
Also, what is wrong with kissing an icon of her? Spiritually, it is like kissing her reflection in a mirror.
I too love worshipping pagan mother goddesses. Going to "venerate" Isis and Guanyin in a bit, wanna join?
>>524584
Hey fuck, Merry Christmas if you use that Calendar you orthodox fuck.
Mary is a giant vagina.
Literally. I like it.
Is Greek the only European language which doesn't fall into a larger cultural group?
>what is basque
>>524556
So is Basque not Romance? Where does it come from then?
What are your thoughts on this man?
I believe he was largely misunderstood due to being a tad ahead of his time with his thoughts and principles.
>>524359
I just want to know what the fuck all this shit was about
>>524381
illuminati confirmed.
But joke aside, I think that Robespierre realized the boons of people adhering to the higher power eclipsing the governing body, which was simultaneously free of the rampart corruption of the European Christian churches.
Maybe he just wished to realize his deist beliefs into fruition.
>>524359
>What are your thoughts on this man?
Got what was coming to him.
Disgusting principles, just like the European dictators of the 20th century.
Why are you not recognizing Alexander Hamilton as the greatest of America's Founding Fathers?
biggest monarchist of the founding fathers maybe
in b4
>t. Thomas Jefferson
>muh bank
how does a bastard
Did Pilatus actually wanted to kill Jesus.
Or did he killed him unintentionally?
>2016
>discussing fairytales
Shiggydiggydoo
>>524276
he wanted to prevent unrest, the jewish priesthood were more powerful than jesus, so he sided with them
without using the Gospels as a source in fear of it immediately being discarded, lets talk about peripheral provinces in the Roman Empire
Roman officials were told to do very little to seriously interrupt the daily lives of people, and respect local traditions to the extent that Roman Law allowed. So to say, the Romans did little to subjugate the population or force their culture or language, but rather just keep things peaceful, collect tax, and defend the region.
From what is known of Pontius Pilatus, his orders were to keep order in the province of Judea, and...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8LiQFnkuJY
Are these real roman tactics?
no, they didn't lead off with a javelin barrage
>>524053
javelins aside?
>>524048
It looks staged tbhfam
How did Russia, with such a low population density, manage to maintain it's territorial integrity throughout history?
In the pre-modern era, how could armies be moved quickly enough to fend off invasion, considering it has such an enormous land border?
>>523705
By controlling the likely avenues of movement.
Real life isn't like Risk, where anyone can go anywhere adjacent to them. Someone invading up through Siberia from the south would wander for weeks if not months before hitting any sort of settlement, and most likely starving and/or freezing along the way.
They watched the roads and the rivers, and that was enough. And if push came to shove, most of those settlements were fortified, and could last for several months on their own, more than long enough...
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>>523705
Russia wasn't particularly sparsely populated historically. It only expanded to the Pacific and Siberia relatively recently and the density subsequently plummeted because much of it is useless tundra.
For most of history "Russia" was pic related, where something like 75% of the population still live.
>>523705
Fun fact: during much of Imperial Russia: most of the owned land just bowed to Russian Suzerainity. But are otherwise largely autonomous/subjects.
Just like how the old Khanates ruled over a lot of those people.
The Soviet Union was the first to actually control all that directly.
Pic related. Alim Khan. Emir of Bukhara. His people are Russian subjects, but he governs them under their own customs & laws.
How ancient states managed to raise, equip, maintain and send abroad such huge armies?
For example, at Magnesia both sides fielded about 50k combatants. At Cannae there were more than 130k combatants with similar numbers for Gaugamela.
Those numbers sound astonishing considering the incredibly primitive conditions. Despite the ROME STRONK meme, agriculture, communications, shipbuilding etc. were far more primitive that during the middle ages. Yet somehow, no European state was able to field such army again before 17th century.
>>523579
Part of the reason is that ancient states (generally) had lower standards of training and equippment for their soldiery than what you saw for a lot of late medieval onward in Europe. The Romans at Cannae and Magnesia were still using a militia system; a good chunk of Hannibal's troops at Cannae were local Goths yanked up and hired for the campaign. The Selucid troops were all part time soldiers.
Career soldiers are a significant investment of resources, and consequently, the army shrinks when you field...
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>>523599
Literally everything in this post is wrong.
Before the Marian reforms only land owners could serve in the army. Afterwards it opened up service to all citizens and their numbers swelled, peaking at 450,000 in the early 3rd century.
>>523657
>Implying that more than half of Rome's troops at Cannae weren't social state allies
>Implying social state allies provided professional soldiers.
