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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dude wouldn't even know what an elephant was, most likely

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would make it even more terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

That’s how they got the term!

What is that creatures? That thing is hella fat!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

'Luca Bos', they called them, when they first encountered them ~50 years before Hannibal crossed the Alps. 'Lucanian Cows' - because they first saw them in the region of Lucania, and had no other frame of reference for such beasts.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

"I sure hope we don't get surrounded by a numerically smaller opponent!" - Some Roman bois.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Huh, I didn't know the romans thought it was over.

Figured they'd think it was just not worthy of their attention at that moment.