Ya, the first part's been common bathroom graffiti longer than I've been alive. (View Post)

I was reading Plutarch's life of Pericles and came across this In this context it's Augustus Caesar, not Julius, BTW. It's interesting to see that there were people in Rome who thought that loving an… (View Post)

What I adored about Tyranny, was that it was set during a time period where the new iron weapons and armor weren't better than the bronze stuff that had been around, but they were cheaper and easier … (View Post)

Yes, spears were the main melee weapon throughout history! Great reach, hits from them were often lethal and you could even throw them. In real battles, most people only drew their sword after they l… (View Post)

I think it's probably more that crossbows and firearms caught on in the West not long after the period of Mongol supremacy. While inferior in a lot of ways to long bows and composite bows, they requi… (View Post)