Things you only learn from 0 AD

[Thorfinn the Shallow Minded]

In the spirit of the following article http://www.cysion.be/aocbox/?p=188, I thought it would be nice to share some of the remarkable things we have learned from 0 AD about the past.  To start off:

In the ancient times, people (other than women) always wore full armour even when going about their daily activities, quickly making them disappear whenever they needed to grab tools.  

Soldiers often liked to make victory poses in the middle of battle.  This resulted in a completely new outfit and temporary immortality.  Unfortunately, posing never caught on as a mainstream tactic due to the presence of champions, who refused to pose because they thought they were already cool enough.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

• In ancient times, banging a hammer against the ground causes mature wheat and barley to swiftly sprout.
• Prospolemon!
• In ancient times, valuable ore and precious metals were to be found in big rocks laying on the surface of the ground. 
• In ancient times, when a tree was chopped down for wood it vanished entirely.

Edited April 25, 2019 by wowgetoffyourcellphone

[Lion.Kanzen]

If you can dance you  can automatically avoid to any missilev threat without the need to acknowledge it and defend themselves.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

• In ancient times, you didn't have to hold formation in battle, as it was useless.
• In ancient times, slinger soldiers were actually mini-onagers. True fact.

 

[Freagarach]

7 minutes ago, Lion.Kanzen said:

If you can dance you  can automatically avoid to any missilev threat without the need to acknowledge it and defend themselves.

If Leonidas would have been breakdancing to and fro, the Spartans would have won at Thermopylae.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

2 minutes ago, Freagarach said:

If Leonidas would have been breakdancing to and fro, the Spartans would have won at Thermopylae.

According to the documentary film 300, he did and lost anyway!

[Lion.Kanzen]

• you can capture a city  ut you can't capture a single sheep.
• mostly of barbarian speak greek.
• the method most effective to give new birth is build a house.

[Freagarach]

32 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

According to the documentary film 300, he did and lost anyway!

You mean?

[Thorfinn the Shallow Minded]

Although incendiary weapons were fielded, the risk of fire was zero since wood can't burn.

[__najimakimoda]

The Ptolemies must have known about North America thousands of years early on account of their lighthouses

EDIT: Ptolemaic World Map, 300 BC, Colorized

 

Edited May 4, 2019 by __najimakimoda

[Lion.Kanzen]

Cavalry can take a tower.