EARLY EPISODE: The Cimbrian War
Rome kills 80,000 of their own soldiers because of a personal beef.
Sources:
Theodor Mommsen. The History of Rome IV "The Revolution"
Plutarch. Life of Marius.
Richard Evans. Rome's Cimbric Wars
Peter Tsouras. The Cimbrian War, 113-101 BC
Mike Duncan. The Storm before the Storm
Comments (15)
Corpse Garden would've been better then "corpse farm." 😎
The what?
The danish are the mexicans for swedes
Used to live In Denmark Liam's insults are pretty accurate ngl
"I'm not in the North Caucasus, Liam, I'm in the South Caucasus..." ... Uh... I dunno, my Eurasian stereotypes are weak. Something about land mines and petrochemical authoritarianism, surely?
Long live the donkcast
this is the calmest liam has ever been in an intro where’s the rage
Joe I hope you're staying safe out there. I only know you through podcasts, but I hope you're doing good
Can one gag source be “trust me bro”?
Joe, are you okay? Shit really seems to be popping off.
For those who are interested, the reason the Roman cavalry was atypically effective in this battle was because they weren't Roman. They were mostly Numidian, a relic of the Jugurthine war. The Numidians were pretty much the best cavalry in the Western world at the time, and after Roman took control of Numidia it gave them a big advantage in cavalry for around a century.
I used to be able to send it to my podcast player, I don't know why I can't do it anymore
If you want to make fun of the Danish just say that Danish sounds like drunken Swedish.
A Fortunate Man (on Netflix) will give you some material to mock the Denmark
I prefer the name donkcast actually