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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 days ago

Where war elephants were once used

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Where war elephants were once used

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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 days ago
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    War elephants in England…?

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      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.

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      “So?”

      “So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”

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        Perhaps they migrated

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          With coconuts‽‽

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            The elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached

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        mammoths probably

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      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.

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        No, Claudius actually boated them over to scare the locals into shape. Or reputedly so.

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      Wikipedia calls it doubtful, though there are sources which say it happened. I’m curious about Denmark though!

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        Looks like Denmark is grey.

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          Northern Denmark, yes, but some of the coloured bit is Southern Denmark.

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            Elephants in northern Denmark? Ridiculous!

            Southern Denmark though? Elephant central.

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      maybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.

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      “Shit, this isn’t the tube stop I was hoping for”

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