Explanation: Gallienus was an Emperor during the tumultuous Crisis of the Third Century. Other than struggling with the series of uncontrollable disasters rolling over the Empire at that time (not his fault - poor sod just came to power at the wrong time), he's noted as having a sharp and engaged wit.
Explanation: Gallienus was an Emperor during the tumultuous Crisis of the Third Century. Other than struggling with the series of uncontrollable disasters rolling over the Empire at that time (not his fault - poor sod just came to power at the wrong time), he's noted as having a sharp and engaged wit.
I don't know which is more funny - the idea of a 'gladiator' match being won by some weedy merchant punting a chicken over the Colosseum crowd, or by the chicken completely bodying the guy and the crowd going wild for their new champion.
Explanation: During the Siege of Syracuse during the Second Punic War, the Syracusans, utilizing the genius of the great philosopher and engineer Archimedes, created several ingenious devices to keep the Romans at bay, including ARCHIMEDES' CLAW and (supposedly) a GODDAMN HEAT RAY
It was not enough, however, to overcome the stubbornness of the Romans, who eventually took the city. Archimedes was killed in the process, despite the Roman commander giving orders for him to be taken alive because of his unparalleled genius. STTL!
Black(en)ed
Hornyposting
Castle cutaway
Sara Forbes Bonetta, goddaughter of Queen Victoria, 1862
Congolese megaphone with a crocodile motif, wood, ~18th century AD
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Onion market in Aliero Town, Nigeria
Remnants of the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour of Congo, modern-day Angola
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Steamship 'Princess May' run aground, Alaska, USA, 1910
Steel dagger, Indian subcontinent, Early 17th century AD
Philip II of Macedon being struck with an arrow during a siege - his helmet saving his life, but not his eye
Those machines were whack