• subiprime@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    this is gonna be absolute chaos with all those giant 2-person-tall wooden pikes with sharp metal on top all getting dropped into free fall in such a tightly packed formation :3

    …worth it

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        6 days ago

        That is 100% the enemy formation. Likely Goths based on the limited information in the cartoon. (Shield shape and pikes)

        In the Roman military, the aquilifer (eagle-bearer) was responsible for carrying the legion’s eagle, a vital symbol of the legion’s honor and religious importance. The eagle was a quasi-religious object, and its loss to the enemy was considered a great disgrace.

        The aquilifer’s responsibility to protect the eagle was so paramount that they would often be killed in battle rather than allow the eagle to fall into enemy hands.