Pictures For The Mood

[hardcore knight]

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Many of the pictures posted here are scans and/or interfere with copyright in any way which falls under 'Promoting Illegal Activities' and is against the Terms of Service.

I removed all pictures and cleaned this thread.
I am sorry there also where a few ones not violating this rules which I removed simply because I could not check everyone individually.


It's the best to close this thread now.

Sorry to spoil the fun guys, rly.
. MBA

[Zack-Stefy]

MORE!!!

[Asgaroth]

The pictures are beautiful but just to tell you :

Roman defeat vs the Gauls

The first two pictures in this part are Germans vs Romans, not Gauls. The third is about the Gauls.

The men on the horse in the first picture under this title is actually Arminius(also known as Armin or Hermann), the chieftain of the German Cherusci tribe.

That first picture shows the Battle of the Teutoburg forest(Germans vs Romans), result : German victory

[Rorarii]

Pictures removed due to copyright violation.
Many of the pictures posted here are scans and/or interfere with copyright in any way which falls under 'Promoting Illegal Activities' and is against the Terms of Service.

I removed all pictures and cleaned this thread.
As there does not remain no purpose no-more, I will close it, too - sorry guys

[DarthRuanek]

For Carthaginian players - Followers of BAAL .. for every child you sacrific in the sacred fire, Baal will give extra strength to your soldiers in battle ..

If I remember correctly there's some debate as to whether the Carthaginians actually practiced child sacrifice. Because it may have been Roman propaganda.

I'm not an expert or anything on this subject, though.

[johnny_b_good]

If I remember correctly there's some debate as to whether the Carthaginians actually practiced child sacrifice. Because it may have been Roman propaganda.

I'm not an expert or anything on this subject, though.

I watched on history channel that some group of archeoligist found lot of bones around Cartagina area... most of that bones was children bones. Maybe that was sacrifice place, maybe something else.

[Hasforth9]

I watched on history channel that some group of archeoligist found lot of bones around Cartagina area... most of that bones was children bones. Maybe that was sacrifice place, maybe something else.

"I watched on history channel" Did you watch the Ancient aliens series after? History channels credibility = 0

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[Lord Baal]

For Carthaginian players - Followers of BAAL .. for every child you sacrific in the sacred fire, Baal will give extra strength to your soldiers in battle ..

No I won't. Who said that?

[Durnaug]

For Carthaginian players - Followers of BAAL .. for every child you sacrific in the sacred fire, Baal will give extra strength to your soldiers in battle ..

Tut tut. More Roman propaganda unquestionably accepted, gulped down and regurgitated as fact.

Snippet from a pro-Carthage documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqB5k_I6PQ

The full documentary confronts the child sacrcifice propaganda, arguing that pro-roman Diodorus cannot be trusted regarding the child sacrifice claims and that the so-called "sacrcificial child graveyards" are a modern fiction.

Get a copy of the documentary, have a gander and open your mind a little. I used to believe all the child sacrificial mumbo jumbo but now I am far more sceptical about the story. The winners in history TELL LIES. I am sorry to break the news to you.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409797/

For example, the Norman writer, Gerald of Wales wrote a fantastic story about the Norman conquest of Ireland. Surprise surprise it contains LIES to support the Norman right to conquer Ireland. For example he writes of the "pagan Irish" when in fact the Irish converted to Christianity 600 years earlier.

The winner, the conquerer whatever you want to call them will always use propaganda to justify their victory. You have to be sceptical of the wilder claims the Romans made about her enemies. I am not advocating a knee-jerk discounting of all the claims, just be sceptical. I learned the hard way.

[athanaric]

Some of the "Cannae" pictures are not about Cannae.

The pictures are beautiful but just to tell you :

The first two pictures in this part are Germans vs Romans, not Gauls.

To be exact, they are very inaccurate 19th century depictions of Germans vs Romans.

[Austrian Cuirassier]

Some of the "Cannae" pictures are not about Cannae.



To be exact, they are very inaccurate 19th century depictions of Germans vs Romans.

They are 19th century recreations by German nationalistic painters. However the first one at least is not to far off from reality. The majority of men their are wielding spears, and clubs. While Arminius(man on horseback) and a few others are using swords and axes.

[daelin4]

NO

Where did you get this pic? I seen this in a book before, way long time ago.

[Pinarius]

Where did you get this pic? I seen this in a book before, way long time ago.

http://www.historum.com/war-military...rt-war-14.html
and
http://www.militar.org.ua/foro/la-pi...8709-2235.html

[Ansark]

Where did you get this pic? I seen this in a book before, way long time ago.

I saw it in "Técnicas bélicas del mundo antiguo" (in english "Military techniques of the ancient world"), it was a recopilation of military tactic of some civilizations of the ancient world (infatry, cabalry, logistics, siege and navy), and of course, te two greatest civilizations were Rome and Greece. This picture isn't of the battle of cannae, it represents the battle of Pidna (Romans VS Pirro) when the phalanx formation is broken as a result of uneven terrain, and legionnaires take advantage of these breaks to advance.

Sorry, but I don't speak english very well.

[ironbrigade]

Nice thanks

[Asgaroth]

Originally Posted by hardcore knight
NOno

Battle of Pydna 168 BC

Just wright that into your google or whatever you use click images and and you will find it.

[AgentGB]

One of my favourite pictures, which really gives the viewer the grand scale of the battle.

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MONS GRAUPIUS

Battle Of Mons Graupius

Late in the campaigning season of AD 83, Agricola’s army finally confronted the massed Caledonian forces. The historian Tacitus claims that more than 30,000 warriors, young and old, gathered on the slopes of Mons Graupius for the climactic battle with the Roman invaders. Whereas the Caledonians probably assembled in their individual warbands, Roman discipline obliged Agricola’s men to draw up in rank and file: 8,000 auxiliary infantry formed the core of his formation, supported by 3,000 cavalry, spread out on the flanks.

The Caledonian host, mostly infantry warriors, were drawn up on the lower slopes of the mountain with small groups of horsemen, while their chariot-borne chieftains careered back and forth across the plain. Their purpose was evidently to intimidate the Romans and shake their resolve, while indulging in an ostentatious display of skill and force. Now, the front ranks of the Romans caught perhaps their first sight of the Caledonian chariots (covinni) with their scythed wheels, as they rattled and rumbled past.

The customary silence of the Roman ranks must have contrasted eerily with this din, amplified by the Caledonian horde, where individuals were shouting their war cries or blasting out tunes on the distinctive carnyx war-trumpets.

At this stage, Agricola ordered his men to adopt a wider formation by opening out the ranks. Tacitus believed that the reason for this manoeuvre was the need to match the wide frontage of the Caledonians. However, the deployment of an open order formation may have been Agricola’s intention from the start, along with his choice of auxiliaries in preference to the classic dense shield-wall of the legions. The flexibility of the auxiliaries as individual fighters must have seemed ideal in combating the threat posed by the Caledonian chariots, and Agricola may have envisaged a scenario not unlike Alexander the Great’s battle of Gaugamela, where similar scythed chariots had been drawn into the front ranks, surrounded and overpowered there.


http://www.warandgamemsw.com/blog/571004-mons-graupius/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons_Graupius

[SturmChurro]

One of my favourite pictures, which really gives the viewer the grand scale of the battle.

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That might lag. Just a little bit. Great picture! Very immersive.

[Nearby]

One of my favourite pictures, which really gives the viewer the grand scale of the battle.

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Is this how 30000 barbarians look like in reality ? Or it way much more ?

[osros]

One of my favourite pictures, which really gives the viewer the grand scale of the battle.

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On the lower left one soldier looks like he's saying something to the other . I think it would be fun for any one want to add there comment on what he could be saying. Maybe good for a new thread lot of funny stuff comes to mind.