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>>915942
every word is a loanword if you go back far enough. don't worry about how many your language has gotten in recent history.
Was there any such thing as Giants /his/?
>>915834
Given the size of those vipers, they seem more like pygmies.
>>915834
that's certainly what christians believe. see nephillim and sons of anak
Yes, yes there were
I know that all these NWO Illuminati-type conspiracies are pretty over the top, but am I wrong in thinking it's absolutely absurd that the Vatican is pointed to as being a major player in all this?
I mean, a few hundred years ago, maybe, but the Vatican only has any measurable power over Hispanic people and Filipinos, it's not like he's directing the West or anything like that.
Why does this meme continue? Whats the reasoning?
>>915598
>Why does this meme continue?
Jews
You see, I have my very own theory.
Religious fundamentalists have two special parts, that they take everything in their books very seriosly and very literally and that they like thinking we are living in the end times. Most Protestant Fundies are also of the idea that the devil is sort of ruling the world, that he got that power when Adam fell from power.
Now, since the bible do talk about a coming AntiChrist, that we are supposed to have someone like that around since we are in the end times and that the devil are ruling the world anyway it's just logical that some powerful guy actually is managing a gigantic conspiracy. Even more logical that the guy would try to divert the true followers from their faith because he hates the one true faith, and as we are talking about people who thinks that you will go to hell for getting the slightest of things wrong it don't have to be much.
So, what is the biggest Church proposing a version of Christianity the fundies finds to be false? The Catholic Church of course! Which means their leader must be the Anti Christ!
Since the Fundies world view in most cases just wouldn't make sense without that big anti-Christ like guy fucking things up for the true believers they actively ignore anything that points towards the pope not running the world and chose to believe whatever that points towards him running the world since they really, really don't want their world view to fall apart. It can't be some other top guy outside the Catholic Church running the world either, since that wouldn't work with their religious view of the world.
Does that make any sense for you OP or does this explanation sound like a pile of bull?
>>915598
>Why does this meme continue? Whats the reasoning?
The world is an enemy to the true Church of Christ. Protestants, Enlightenment, Jews, etc.. All conspire to destroy the Catholic Church. It is simply ironic to see those who call the Catholic Church a devil instead of a victim, thus imitating the Pharisees who accused Jesus of the same thing.
was decorative armor saved only for festivals and parades, or did some ballsy nobleman ever take it into battle?
Yes. The ridiculously decorated Negroli helmets are hardened, just like regular battle helmets and are cited by Tobias Capwell as an example of armour being decorated to the point of it reducing its effectiveness as protection.
The "Lion Armour" still has sword and battle damage visible.
>>915511
more likely than not
>>915511
People don't change much. I'm sure that throughout history, there have been a few rich idiots who went into battle with those things despite someone telling them it was an idiotic idea.
ITT we post "objects of history" that we adore.
Pic related is Achilles' shield of gold.
>>915414
Nice thread, but that isn't really an object of history, is it?
Also, maybe post why you like it.
>>915436
It is not. It is a golden replica of his actual shield; the one he used against Hector, among other things.
I like the aesthetics of it, its design; there's really not much to say.
This replica was made in 1821 by an Englishman IIRC and it just brings it all to life in really majestic fashion.
Were I a billionaire I would give much for it.
I need you help. I'm writing a paper on the origin of the Islamic State and crisis in syria.
It's a recent topic and I don't know of a good leading question to start of with and which path to take.
Thanks!
Ottoman Empire
Sykes-Picot
Wahhabism
Neo-Con interventionism
That pretty much sums it up
>>914747
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJPOtPl-0NI
Here you go pham. This should help.
>>914763
The first two have little to do with it.
Wait so explain to me why a consequentialist approach to the nature of will is untenable? Im having a lot of difficulty understanding this position and its obverse. Could someone help me?
>>914741
no one wants to write your philosophy paper friend
>>914741
because the tenable nature of the will can only be attainable within a consequential framework of reasoning that observes and presupposes its fundamental discourse within the parliamentary functions of our forms of sensibility.
Found this coin.
Says 1892 but doesn't look 100+ years old
What is?
Clean your table.
>>914717
http://www.cointrust.co.uk/Victoria-Jubilee-Head-Crown-1887-1892-in-Fine-p/0022c.htm
Any black operations units as badass as the spetsnaz?
Operation Storm-333 probably their most amazing accomplishment.
I'm part of the most badass group ever, but you'll never hear about it because we're too stealthy.
Remember that nuclear detonation in Washington DC? Yeah. You're welcome.
GOAT op
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis
>>914661
>hostages remained hostages for over 100 days
>1 hostage and 2 security servicemen died
GOAT means flawless anon
that was an impressive job they did but it wasn't GOAT
So how DO you make yourself a body without organs /his/?
Depends on the definition of Body, to be without organs means a uniform system, so any homogenious substance could work. Like a big crystal or something.
you mean an astral body?
thinspo thread?
Any recommendations out there for books (audio or otherwise) on Caesar?
I've gone through his "Civil War" (up to Pharsalos), Adrian Goldsworthy's biography, and Dan Carlin's kickass podcast, but not quite sated yet.
Also, Caesar thread because HOLY SHIT that dude was cool.
Hey fags, who /Sulla/ here?
>>914511
lol
>>914359
Can virtuous faith exist beyond theism or God is one and only concept in that you should believe? What can local philosophers say on that matter?
You could have "faith" in particular "virtues" without necessarily believing in any god, so yes.
Who was the best basileus and why was it the motherfuckin bulgaroktonos ?
>>914278
was just reading about him in my study of the Varangians and the Guard
>the emperor sent his troops to the four directions of the land, commanding them with a wrathful order not to spare either old or young, neither child nor adult, neither man nor woman nor anybody
>come and tally up for me the numbers slain at that time: the venerable, respectworthy elderly who fell, their white hairs stained with blood; the youths stabbed to death with swords, the countless incalculable eyes that were blinded
how can you not respect a man who BTFO the barbarians on all sides, especially smelly bulgars and Fatimids
>>915750
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out-barbarising the barbarians, solid strategy
Basil II was a successful general and administrator, but he failed spectacularly in one critical area. Leaving no sons. All he had to do was get some chick pregnant with a boy or two so that the empire would have heirs instead of his worthless brother.
And to be frank, Basil II is sorta overrated as a general. Heraclius shits on the Bulgar Slayer for his superhuman comeback against the Persian Empire. If Islam never came to be, he'd go down in history as the undisputed Byzantine Emperor of history and legend.
Even Nikephoros II Phokas and John Tzimiskes have a better military record than Basil II.
Hey /his/, do you know any good documentaries that are about the crusades?
>>914198
>watching documentaries
>not reading books
Documentaries are almost invariably very biased and overly simplistic
>>914198
INFIDEL!
>>914210
eah, but im already reading 2 books at a time now. besides i like to have a simplistic view on a matter before i really dive into the matter. it makes it easier to keep an overview.
Was he a fascist?
Here's your reply
>>914061
Is this the single most idiotic question ever asked on /his/?
I don't think there's anything to suggest he wouldn't step down when his term ended and other presidents have suspended our rights before without the level of fascist accusations as lincoln gets.
