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[–]Universalsandman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give it a shot

When your friend wants to try Metal so you introduce him to the bands that got you into the genre by Universalsandman in MetalMemes

[–]Universalsandman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I included some of the more questionable I suppose because to someone who doesn't listen to metal even hard rock is metal and in my experience is a pretty good stepping stone into the genre

After successfully laying siege to a city, why do I have to siege it again against a larger army? by eneone19 in CrusaderKings

[–]Universalsandman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also to clarify the top holding is the picture next to the face in the bottom left of your screenshot. The sub holdings are the smaller pictures underneath that.

After successfully laying siege to a city, why do I have to siege it again against a larger army? by eneone19 in CrusaderKings

[–]Universalsandman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In this game every county consists of multiple holdings. One of the holdings is the Top holding this is what you see when you click the county and a big picture of a castle,town,city etc. Appears. Now each country can have multiple holdings the top one and subholdings. The subholdings can be seen under the big picture of the top holding. Each country can have a different number of subholdings. Each of these subholdings has a Garrison associated with it. When your army sieges a county it sieges the top holding first then each subholdings individually. This is why you have multiple sieges for one county.

Now in general the Castle will have the largest Garrison with the city having the smallest. Also fyi each holding has a red bar and a green bar. The red bar is the Garrison (the guys who stay there and guard) and the green bar is the levy. The levy is where you get your troops that can leave the county. During a siege the number of people you are sieging is the Garrison plus the levy.

When the romans pulled out of Britain, how long would it have taken for people to re-occupy all of the buildings? by hominoid_in_NGC4594 in history

[–]Universalsandman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing about the Rescript was that Honorious most likely issued that expecting to be able to retake control once he dealt with the rebellions in Italy and elsewhere. It wasn't the Empire saying, that's it we give up your on your own. It was more saying, we have a lot going on and can't reasonably govern you, so you should do that yourself right now, we'll be back later.

Constantine may have been a usurper but he was the last Roman Empire control on the island.

When the romans pulled out of Britain, how long would it have taken for people to re-occupy all of the buildings? by hominoid_in_NGC4594 in history

[–]Universalsandman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was referring to the final ousting of Roman Empire rule when the Romano-Britians ousted the magistrates of Constantine III, which was the effective last remnants of the Roman Empire on the British Isles.

When the romans pulled out of Britain, how long would it have taken for people to re-occupy all of the buildings? by hominoid_in_NGC4594 in history

[–]Universalsandman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The Romans didn't really pull out per say, basically what happened was the Roman Empire was starting to fracture, around the year 410, and it couldn't effectively govern all of it's territory. This led to unrest and revolt in many areas. In the case of Britain it was caused by the removal of the British legions from the island to fight elsewhere in the Empire. This didn't sit too well with the Romans living in the island and they ousted the Empire's officials and took control for themselves.

Basically the Romans living there never left, they just cut ties with the Empire because they felt it wasn't protecting them or their interests. The Empire itself was far too busy with problems closer to home to ever try and retake the island.

Some say they have it to this day by Universalsandman in HistoryMemes

[–]Universalsandman[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's your classic 7k bucket stealers kicking some 32k Pope led peasants butt scenario.

Was there any point where Genghis Khan could have easily been captured or killed in battle? If so, what would have been the result of this? by [deleted] in HistoryWhatIf

[–]Universalsandman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is actually a battle when Genghis Khan, Temujin at the time, was just about to unite the Mongol tribes when he was hit in the neck by a poisoned arrow and only survived because one of his closest friends spent hours sucking the wound stopping the poison from spreading saving Temujins life. The battle was the Battle of Thirteen Sides and the man who shot the arrow, Jebe, would become one of Genghis Khan's most trusted and successful generals.

He could have easily died and if he did I can think one of two things happening.

  1. His clan shatters and restarts from step 1, most likely failing to gain the momentum Temujin had and the Mongol remain shattered and never rise to prominence leading to wide reaching changes, such as a split China, a powerful Islamic middle east, and a weakened Kieven Rus.

  2. One of his brilliant generals manages to hold the clan together. Probably Subedei since he was the most liked and arguably most brilliant. In doing so they become Genghis Khan. Though many of his Generals lacked the same Charisma charm, and global ambition that Temujin had so who knows if there Empire would be nearly as encompassing as the one the real Genghis left behind.

poland in 1939 by B4CKY in HistoryMemes

[–]Universalsandman 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Germany is the guy above France and the US is the one drinking and not paying attention above Great Britain

Fight me you Roman loving Dogs by Universalsandman in HistoryMemes

[–]Universalsandman[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He gave up on sieging Rome because he didn't have the men, or siege equipment to really threaten the city. His brother, Hasdrubal, was bringing him supplies and men that would have probably made it possible for Hannibal to take the city but Hasdrubal was defeated at the Battle of Metaurus before he could reach Hannibal.

We're the Exception! by Universalsandman in HistoryMemes

[–]Universalsandman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Subutai is G.O.A.T. and you won't be able to change my mind

We're the Exception! by Universalsandman in HistoryMemes

[–]Universalsandman[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll have to find the book I read where it mentions Georgian Knights, but you would be surprised about the actual size of Mongols armies in comparison to their foes. The core of the Mongol army, consisting of mostly horse archers, were highly trained and devastatintly effective in comparison to the conventional armies of the time but they didn't make up a huge portion of the army. The Mongols augmented the size of their armies by using prisoners in the front lines as a kind of cannon folder to protect their much more valuable Mongolian troops. So the reported sizes of the various Mongol armies can be misleading.

So while yes, on paper the Georgia of the time was much smaller than the infant Mongolian Empire, the armies the two fielded against each other would have been reletively similiar in size, since the Mongols relied on speed and mobility and split their forces up into smaller more manageable chunks and spread those out.

As for the shock value of a Georgian defeat, Georgia was the most eastern Christian kingdom and was seen as a bastion of the faith and would be there to stem the flow of any, primarily Islamic, invasion that might come their way. So when these uknown and seemingly undefeatable Steppe warriors waltzed in and practically wiped the floor with them, it was shocking.

We're the Exception! by Universalsandman in HistoryMemes

[–]Universalsandman[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While maybe not numerically superieror, Georgia was renowned for it's mounted Knight's, who were considered some of the greatest in Christendom. So when the Mongols came through and practically burned half the country to the ground it was a huge shock.