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Lion.Kanzen

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  1. It would be good to link the art posts so I take into account the suggestions here.
  2. I seem to erase it. it doesn't appear, it was a nice high-quality capture, but I erase it. does not appear.
  3. how artistic that cover is,it gives desire to make an Illustration based on it.
  4. They are going to traffic arms and violate human rights.
  5. It seems that the military industrial complex is missing a war.
  6. I know where they are, in the 0 AD folder of my files, the question would be in which directory of that folder.
  7. I this year or the rest of the year I will be busy. On Holidays I will have time.
  8. Ancient Times. Many Civilizations and Factions. Good looking accurate units. AoE but with their own style. Mods. New fresh ideas that are explored by other RTS. Community and opportunity to get involved. Updates and regularly content.
  9. https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/maritimearchaeology11/files/17930735.pdf https://www.sukellushistoriallinenyhdistys.fi/ancient-diving/#urinatores
  10. The Urinatores (urinator means in Latin diver or diver) were the first unit of divers with permanent character of which there is news, according to Ávila Recatero (1989). They were selected and trained in different parts of the Roman Empire to perform specific missions such as infiltrating cities and ports for sabotage or sending communications; but they were not special operations units. https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinatores
  11. there are also several battles where they drowned, as in Trebia and Trastimeno, or Maxentius on River Tiber.
  12. Siempre se inventaran palabras nuevas y en algún momento en los foros de internet crean frases nuevas solo para censurar las a propósito.
  13. I was bullied when I was in elementary school. Now it doesn't matter that much. Just don't let it get to you.
  14. People on the internet get quite obsessed. Before I was one of those who made me angry, now they tell me about everything and I try not to lose control. Hatred feeds them. I don't care if they insult me, I try to be nice.
  15. Yes, I understand it that way. a poll would have to be done.
  16. https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/42822/did-classical-romans-wear-any-sort-of-swimwear since early times Romans have references about swimming in a battle / war circumstances. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatius_Cocles
  17. You're talking to the right man, I know a little about everything. even if I am not a professional historian. Quoting "" Roman soldiers could swim with their armor on and were taught to swim as part of their military training regimen. The legionaries were trained to be the jack of all trades of the Roman military: they were expected to be able to fulfill a great number of different roles both on and off the battlefield, and so, part of that capability was being able to wade across rivers and other bodies of water to quickly reach a battle, siege, or other locale that required immediate military or engineering expertise. To support this, there are a number of primary sources that we can draw upon, the ones that I am well-read in date from the later periods of the Roman Empire, but I am sure that there are sources that exist from the earlier eras as well. The first, and perhaps best direct evidence comes to us from a little ditty, dating from the from the time of Hadrian (AD 117-138) written on a soldier's grave, which describes the exploits of a member of the Germani Corporis Custodes, an elite bodyguard of the Emperor. It reads as such: I am the man, once well known to the riverbanks in Pannonia brave and foremost amongst a thousand Batavi, who, with Hadrian as judge, could swim the wide waters of the deep Danube in full battle kit. From my bow I shot an arrow which, while it hung in the air and fell back, I hit and broke with another. Whom no Roman or foreigner ever outdid, no soldier with the spear, no Parthian with the bow, here I lie, on this ever-mindful stone, have I bequeathed my deeds to memory. Let anyone see if after me he can match my deeds. I set my own standard, being the first to bring of such feats. Additionally, the 5th Century Roman military manual De Re Militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, elaborates a bit on the act of swimming in the legions. In the early parts of the manual, he has a small section titled: Learning to Swim Every young soldier, without exception, should in the summer months be taught to swim; for it is sometimes impossible to pass rivers on bridges, but the flying and pursuing army both are often obliged to swim over them. A sudden melting of snow or fall of rain often makes them overflow their banks, and in such a situation, the danger is as great from ignorance in swimming as from the enemy. Later on, Vegetius explains a bit about drilling, including this important section, which mentions how the men were continually practiced in swimming in the sea or in rivers. But even in winter, if it did not rain or snow, they were obliged to perform their drills in the field, lest an intermission of discipline should affect both the courage and constitution of the soldier. In short, both legionary and auxiliary troops should continually be drilled in cutting wood, carrying burdens, passing ditches, swimming in the sea or in rivers, marching in the full step and even running with their arms and baggage, so that, inured to labor in peace, they may find no difficulty in war. Overall, it can be surmised that troops were indeed taught to swim and fully expected to be able to swim in battle kit if the situation necessitated it, however, if there were no pressing matters, it is likely that the soldiers were bidden to take off their armor and wade across, so as to prevent rust and decay. I know that this is attested to in the later Byzantine military manuals, but someone with more expertise in the early Roman works might be able to elaborate further on this.
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