EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Adrianople
Bad customs officers cause an uprising so bad it contributes to the fall of rome.
Sources:
Alessandro Barbero. The Day of the Barbarians.
Peter Heather. The Fall of the Roman Empire.
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-gothic-wars-battle-of-adrianople/
https://www.historynet.com/adrianople-last-great-battle-of-antiquity/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/roman-disaster-at-adrianople/
Comments (22)
The Goths had a fuckin Ride of the Rohirrim moment, absolutely badass.
Mick Foley is a bit of a local legend in northern New Hampshire. There is a small amusement park in Jefferson NH called Santa’s Village. They have some rides, a few reindeer and of course, Santa. A young Mick Foley vacationed there as a child and it made such an impact on him that he still goes back to play Santa. Local public radio did a feature a few years back on him and he mentions it in one of his books. https://www.nhpr.org/word-of-mouth/2014-12-10/from-mankind-to-saint-mick-mick-foleys-journey-from-wrestling-cage-to-santas-village
How many patrons would we have to hit to get Joe to recreate the Flying X-Armbar on a cohost? Since we're talking gimmick combat sports. Let me tell you some of the funny and dumb ones I've seen pop up. Car Jujitsu which is just no-gi BJJ in various cars. Someone will try to use the seatbelt to strangle their opponent. It rules. Thermoplae. It's a Russian kickboxing org. that's ring isn't really a ring more a long ass line where you can't move around you opponent. Just linear movement. Also it's an elimination team sport. So you lose, then your buddy jumps in and they reset in the middle. It's dumb as hell. Top Dog or as I call it Hay Bale FC. It's a bareknuckle boxing org that is just basically Russian weirdos in jeans or track pants punching each other in a circular ring made of hay bales. Also super stupid.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence is a great movie
Love the podcast format but Tom describing Joe staring into the camera makes me wish for a video episode as a treat lol
Hamburger helper is amazing.
I got you Tom. Also hamburger helper doesn't come with meat. You add tour own ground beef. It's delicious!
What a strange war from an ethno-graphic perspective. Have to wonder what the mindset is of your average Germanic soldier in the legions at that time. It's easy to overlook the slower cultural shifts that took place during Rome's history, west and east both, with the (more peaceful) cultural transformation from Latin to Greek - I say "more peaceful" relatively speaking, considering the whole "4th Crusade" thing.
Damn you Tom and Liberty Valance.
So - how is Tom related to TomTom?
The Chinese have a phrase called "yi zi er shi" which means "trading children for food." This does not refer to the practice of selling one's kids for food but rather starving families trading each other's children to be cannibalized. I had to learn this and now so do you.
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The Mick Foley digression was a welcome surprise. He was my favorite back in the day.
One of my favorite Mick Foley stories, which he tells on WTF I think, is when he promised to mow the lawns of people who donated to RAINN. He wasn't ready for the amount of people who donated and copped to maybe not doing the best job.
i read gnostic texts because im a big fan of Kill Six Billion Demons
Awesome web comic
When I was working as a roadie in Australia I asked a local for a crescent wrench, he was confused, then said “that’s a weird name we call it an afs, any fucking size”
Since you mentioned the Cyber Goths dancing under the bridge, it’s necessary to post the best remix of it as well https://youtu.be/jltKnDlH_OA
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Hail Emperor Valerian the Footstool
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