diarrheaworldstarhiphop:dieselpunkflimflam:Many a good alternate history begins with the premise, “w
diarrheaworldstarhiphop:dieselpunkflimflam:Many a good alternate history begins with the premise, “what if the Roman Empire never fell?”. One thing is for certain: the lowly legionnaire might have looked like this. From artist Léo Ferland-L'Abbé.Inspired by this terrific painting from Ariel Perez:..who paints a dazzling army of fantastical soldiers.i would love this too, but sadly, by the end of the roman empire, this is what the roman foot soldier looked like:By the early middle ages, the roman army had become aesthetically similar to the famous barbarian hordes at the period, particularly because A: the swelling number of barbarians in the armyB: the loss in wealth to organize as the roman as they had at it’s 2nd century height, let alone kit out the army in lorica segmentata looking ass plate armour such as what inspired the above concept artC: the plain fact that the roman army had dominated the field for so long, that it’s neighbours began to imitate and incorporate the look and loadout of the roman army. The same way how today, all modern armies all look the same in their same fucking camo uniforms and shit.had the western army never fallen, it would likely continue down the same path of armament that the eastern empire did. If one were to look at Eastern roman armour in the 14th century, it would look like this:oddly, these romans who DID last to the time before the renaissance not only look REALLY, TYPICALLY MEDIEVAL but actually share some similarities to the islamic armies at their gatesHad the roman army lasted until the modern period, it would look VERY much like other modern armiesalot of people, in doing OMG WHAT IFFfffffFfff scenarios like what a world war 1 soldier would look like if the roman empire never fell, begins their premise with the false idea that the roman soldier stayed as they were in the 2nd century and never changed at all until the day they got guns lolso behold, this is how the roman army wouldve likely looked in world war 1:surprise, it’s the italians -- source link
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