ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoWhere war elephants were once usedi.redd.itimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down13
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minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months ago“Shit, this isn’t the tube stop I was hoping for”
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoWikipedia calls it doubtful, though there are sources which say it happened. I’m curious about Denmark though!
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoNorthern Denmark, yes, but some of the coloured bit is Southern Denmark.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoElephants in northern Denmark? Ridiculous! Southern Denmark though? Elephant central.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months ago“So?” “So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months 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-up8·2 months 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 months agoNo, Claudius actually boated them over to scare the locals into shape. Or reputedly so.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agomaybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.
War elephants in England…?
“Shit, this isn’t the tube stop I was hoping for”
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.
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.
“So?”
“So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
Perhaps they migrated
With coconuts‽‽
Sea turtles, mate
The elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached
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.
maybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.