Funny thing about that - the Greeks believed that the gods lived on Mount Olympus, but the Romans were more keen to see the gods as abstract. Jupiter, though sometimes personified, was often thought of by the Romans as the sky itself.
Explanation: Before the Legions became a professional and voluntary military force, it was the norm for Roman citizens of the Early and Mid-Republic to teach their sons the MANLY ART OF WAR, so that when they came of age and the yearly conscriptions came about, they would be ready to not shame the family name assembling on the Field of Mars!
Also, I found a Chinese Romaboo group on Facebook and I unironically adore them. They're better Romaboos than I am.
No doubt that the area they were fighting in was once a nice place. Unfortunately, much of the Western Front on WW1 was like that - when it wasn't wonderful fields being ruined, it was quiet villages and towns. No one left but the rats and the troops - and the rats didn't have as much use for furniture.
It's also a parliamentary system, and there hasn't been a stable coalition in forever. Netanyahu, despite his lack of public popularity, has the backroom connections to stay on top of 'the game' in a divided parliament, especially with two of the left-wing parties only narrowly missing the threshold in the last election.
Ship cannon from Switzerland, 1799 AD
Coins from across the Hellenic world, 5th-2nd centuries BCE
... is it blasphemy to say the Roman Empire is bigger than Jupiter?
Imagining of the semi-legendary Japanese Queen Himiko
Ornate German hunting crossbow, 16th century AD
Autochrome of the ruins of the Castle of Arques, France, ~1895
Italy, what're you doin'
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn (www.ft.com)
The God-Emperor warned Commissar Bravo
Watercolor of 17th century AD Moscow
Kapilikaya Rock Tomb, modern Turkiye
Celtic-style wooden shields found in Southern Denmark, dated 4th century BCE
A GOOD CITIZEN TRAINS THE CHILDREN YOUNG
British soldiers on the Western Front cooking food in a helmet, WW1, 1917
Russia leaves thousands of planes without GPS in northern Europe (english.elpais.com)
Several NATO members accuse Moscow of deliberately jamming positioning signals...
Israelis rally to demand ceasefire and Netanyahu's resignation (www.euronews.com)
“We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,” said one protester....
The Man Who Saved Denmark (and then Korea) (sh.itjust.works)
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