emcdunna t1_j7mkc54 wrote on February 7, 2023 at 9:51 PM

Reply to Would the Allies have kept fighting if the axis powers stopped? by Techno-87

It got close during early 1941 when Britain was calling for Churchill to sign a peace treaty but there's no way Russia would have signed a peace deal after barbarossa

emcdunna t1_j3zsbj6 wrote on January 12, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Reply to Were muslim armies harder to maintain in the field? by DJacobAP

Lol the crusades is one of the worst understood parts of history. If you want to understand, start reading a lot of books on it. The pop culture history is very inaccurate and in many cases the exact opposite of the truth

emcdunna t1_j1sugmm wrote on December 27, 2022 at 3:06 AM

Reply to comment by BlueString94 in Death of Vercingetorix by oga_ogbeni

Unironically, the best I got is what is shown happening in the HBO tv series "rome" at the beginning

But you'd want to check Caesars journals if you want the primary source

emcdunna t1_j1s7yf0 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Reply to Death of Vercingetorix by oga_ogbeni

Probably because Caesar wanted to use his defeat as a political tool to help him retain the consulship and get even more popularity with the lower classes.