ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 3 days agoWhere war elephants were once usedi.redd.itimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1340cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmit.online
arrow-up1340imageWhere war elephants were once usedi.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 3 days agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: mapporn@lemmit.online
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoRoman Emperor Claudius, so the story goes. If it did happen, it might have been for show rather than because it was really practical for warfare.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days ago“So?” “So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoThe elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoThat’s Roman Britain so it is probably glazing the territories held by the Roman Empire. This is likely a map of areas that were ruled by an entity that used war elephants.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoNo, Claudius actually boated them over to scare the locals into shape. Or reputedly so.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoWikipedia calls it doubtful, though there are sources which say it happened. I’m curious about Denmark though!
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoNorthern Denmark, yes, but some of the coloured bit is Southern Denmark.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoElephants in northern Denmark? Ridiculous! Southern Denmark though? Elephant central.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days ago“Shit, this isn’t the tube stop I was hoping for”
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agomaybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.
War elephants in England…?
Roman Emperor Claudius, so the story goes. If it did happen, it might have been for show rather than because it was really practical for warfare.
“So?”
“So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
Perhaps they migrated
With coconuts‽‽
The elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached
Sea turtles, mate
mammoths probably
That’s Roman Britain so it is probably glazing the territories held by the Roman Empire. This is likely a map of areas that were ruled by an entity that used war elephants.
No, Claudius actually boated them over to scare the locals into shape. Or reputedly so.
Wikipedia calls it doubtful, though there are sources which say it happened. I’m curious about Denmark though!
Looks like Denmark is grey.
Northern Denmark, yes, but some of the coloured bit is Southern Denmark.
Elephants in northern Denmark? Ridiculous!
Southern Denmark though? Elephant central.
“Shit, this isn’t the tube stop I was hoping for”
maybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.