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Post by Dowly on Jan 5, 2016 17:06:36 GMT
We all love history, so why not have a thread to discuss some of the overrated events that have happened in history!
I'll start with Boudica's revolt in 60/61 AD.
I think it is an overrated event in modern times, because back then it achieved very little.
Three towns were destroyed and their roman and briton population slain.
Come first real fight and Boudica's larger force suffers a devastating loss.
There is not much to say about it, just another revolt that was quickly put down.
Romans remained in Britain for about 340 years after the revolt.
Discuss!
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Post by evilman2011 on Jan 6, 2016 10:54:57 GMT
Yeah lately especially if you look RYSE son of Rome's depection of the event it never lives up to how it was in history
I would say Spartcus rebellion is kinda overrated like they escaped the slave camps and ran to a camp for free former escaped slaves and Spartucus became th ere leader and he fought aganist a Roman legion that was by no means a regular full 8 thousand man legion (that is not counting auxiliary units in the size of a roman legion) but these men they fought aganist most likely had either bad commanding or were mainly Hastati (Hastati were the first line of Infantry that moved after the Archers Peltests etc.) Which are considered the 3 weakest of the Pre reform era since I'm to laz y to look up what year it was ill go on if it was after the Marian reform so it would I believe the 3rd legionary cohort sent into battle and mabye they had a few hundred first and second cohort but from what I have read about Spartacus rebellion his army wasn't crushed because he wasnt facing up aganist much it takes a long time to March 10 thousand men from Gaul or Egypt to Magna Gracia
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Post by comeradeluxemburg on Jan 6, 2016 20:18:46 GMT
I would say Spartcus rebellion is kinda overrated I disagree, the rebellion made Crassus and Pompey much more powerful, which is extremely important to Roman history.
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Post by samt on Jan 7, 2016 8:35:16 GMT
The Battle of Thermopylae. While glorified by Hollywood and some historians. Salamis was ultimately the more crucial battle and Thermopylae was a failure on the part of the Greeks. In short, it was a neat event that lacked any real benefit to the Greeks at the time other than as a form of propaganda.
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Post by evilman2011 on Jan 8, 2016 20:54:34 GMT
Yes but thremoplye was historically important it proved that quality was over quantity at the time the Greeks were in disary but this proved that they could defeat the Persians and the troops at Salimas which was in Cyprus did not know what happend at Thermopylae but Salimas was the main focal point of the Rise of an empire movie
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Post by comeradeluxemburg on Jan 8, 2016 21:54:51 GMT
Yes but thremoplye was historically important it proved that quality was over quantity Not exactly true, especially because the Persians won the battle.
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Post by evilman2011 on Jan 9, 2016 15:01:54 GMT
I'm saying it's inncorrect that Salimas gets no attention in the media
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Post by agrippamaxentius on Jan 9, 2016 20:41:39 GMT
Any and all Olympic Games except the first one and the one in Berlin in 1936.
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Post by comeradeluxemburg on Jan 9, 2016 21:05:21 GMT
The Olympics in Munich during '72 were pretty interesting with the whole hostage crisis thing.
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Post by evilman2011 on Jan 9, 2016 21:39:54 GMT
Wasnt 72 when the entire Israeli team gunned down
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Post by agrippamaxentius on Jan 19, 2016 11:21:58 GMT
The Olympics in Munich during '72 were pretty interesting with the whole hostage crisis thing. That is true, led Golda Meyer to crush those responsible. It was a terribly led rescue though, really really terribly job.
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