ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoWhere war elephants were once usedi.redd.itimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down13
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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month ago“So?” “So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
minus-squareSirSamuel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThe elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoWikipedia calls it doubtful, though there are sources which say it happened. I’m curious about Denmark though!
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoNorthern Denmark, yes, but some of the coloured bit is Southern Denmark.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoElephants in northern Denmark? Ridiculous! Southern Denmark though? Elephant central.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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-21 month agoNo, Claudius actually boated them over to scare the locals into shape. Or reputedly so.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago“Shit, this isn’t the tube stop I was hoping for”
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agomaybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.
War elephants in England…?
“So?”
“So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
Perhaps they migrated
With coconuts‽‽
The elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached
Sea turtles, mate
mammoths probably
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.
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.
“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.
maybe war mastadon in prehistoric times.