Explanation: Gallienus was an Emperor during the tumultuous Crisis of the Third Century. Other than struggling with the series of uncontrollable disasters rolling over the Empire at that time (not his fault - poor sod just came to power at the wrong time), he's noted as having a sharp and engaged wit.
I don't know which is more funny - the idea of a 'gladiator' match being won by some weedy merchant punting a chicken over the Colosseum crowd, or by the chicken completely bodying the guy and the crowd going wild for their new champion.
On August 15, 10 days after the crackdown in Kashmir began, Naik received the first of three visits from Indian military intelligence officers who interrogated him about his reporting. The harassment forced him underground; he eventually fled to the United States in the summer of 2020....
Explanation: Gallienus was an Emperor during the tumultuous Crisis of the Third Century. Other than struggling with the series of uncontrollable disasters rolling over the Empire at that time (not his fault - poor sod just came to power at the wrong time), he's noted as having a sharp and engaged wit.
Explanation: Late Medieval "blackened" armor was armor given a protective, darker finish; while "white" plate armor was largely undecorated, and given a polished finish.
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An American soldier examines an (ineffective) Nazi bent barrel attachment for the STG-44, WW2, sometime after 1943?
Castle cutaway
Hornyposting
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On August 15, 10 days after the crackdown in Kashmir began, Naik received the first of three visits from Indian military intelligence officers who interrogated him about his reporting. The harassment forced him underground; he eventually fled to the United States in the summer of 2020....
Sara Forbes Bonetta, goddaughter of Queen Victoria, 1862
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Etruscan hanging lamp, bronze, ~480 BCE
Congolese megaphone with a crocodile motif, wood, ~18th century AD
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