Presumably you had no involvement in the war, so there is nothing for you to regret.
Fast_Maintenance_159 on
“How many men did the enemy have?
Ah, around a quarter million.
Oh, so our army was surely wiped out?
No, we suffered minimal casualties.
Oh so you retreated?
No we slaughtered almost half of them.”
God, i love history.
YarOldeOrchard on
The only source we have about the numbers is pretty biased. No way an army at that time could field those numbers
-PupperMan- on
Romance of two empires. 😍😍
donthenewbie on
I have this idea, but I was limited by my edit skill. Glad someone made it
Business_Address_780 on
God my favorite 2 cultures wiped out at around the same time. What a loss for humanity.
elykl12 on
Show?
free2thinkK on
The size of the Arab army was much larger than reported. Arab historians often made their own forces seem smaller and the enemy’s bigger, both to motivate future soldiers and to impress future generations. It’s like when we were kids, and we’d brag about taking on a group of ten other boys, saying, ‘It was just me and my friend, but we still beat them all.’ This kind of storytelling isn’t just about history; it’s about making our actions sound more impressive and heroic.
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it might be me, but i don’t believe their numbers
Presumably you had no involvement in the war, so there is nothing for you to regret.
“How many men did the enemy have?
Ah, around a quarter million.
Oh, so our army was surely wiped out?
No, we suffered minimal casualties.
Oh so you retreated?
No we slaughtered almost half of them.”
God, i love history.
The only source we have about the numbers is pretty biased. No way an army at that time could field those numbers
Romance of two empires. 😍😍
I have this idea, but I was limited by my edit skill. Glad someone made it
God my favorite 2 cultures wiped out at around the same time. What a loss for humanity.
Show?
The size of the Arab army was much larger than reported. Arab historians often made their own forces seem smaller and the enemy’s bigger, both to motivate future soldiers and to impress future generations. It’s like when we were kids, and we’d brag about taking on a group of ten other boys, saying, ‘It was just me and my friend, but we still beat them all.’ This kind of storytelling isn’t just about history; it’s about making our actions sound more impressive and heroic.