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Question - you calculated that average hoplite would see about 3 pitch battles in his live. How many battles would average Roman citizen see in his ~7 year of service?
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Question - you calculated that average hoplite would see about 3 pitch battles in his live. How many battles would average Roman citizen see in his ~7 year of service?
I think it's reasonable to say that thinking this is okay defines you out of being decent person.
January 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I think it's reasonable to say that thinking this is okay defines you out of being decent person.
Insane military system? They had phalanx that was that was like half a star better than average, but never heard about combined arms, strategy, logistic, siegcraft, and were just bad at diplomacy. The only insane thing about their military was their PR, and that can take you only do far.
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Insane military system? They had phalanx that was that was like half a star better than average, but never heard about combined arms, strategy, logistic, siegcraft, and were just bad at diplomacy. The only insane thing about their military was their PR, and that can take you only do far.
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9 iugera is exactly the size Bret chose here as big farm for non-rich peasant.
Better of than median medieval peasant (~6 iugera), exactly so they can afford generating heavy infantry.
9 iugera is exactly the size Bret chose here as big farm for non-rich peasant.
Better of than median medieval peasant (~6 iugera), exactly so they can afford generating heavy infantry.
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVc: Rent and Extraction
This is the third piece of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd,IVe, V) looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have…
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January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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9 iugera is exactly the size Bret chose here as big farm for non-rich peasant.
Better of than median medieval peasant (~6 iugera), exactly so they can afford generating heavy infantry.
9 iugera is exactly the size Bret chose here as big farm for non-rich peasant.
Better of than median medieval peasant (~6 iugera), exactly so they can afford generating heavy infantry.
Slaves also require some armed citizens to stay home, and make sure that slaves won't try to free themselves.
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Slaves also require some armed citizens to stay home, and make sure that slaves won't try to free themselves.
Problem - mafiosi care a great deal about enriching mafiosi, and next to nothing about enriching nation.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Problem - mafiosi care a great deal about enriching mafiosi, and next to nothing about enriching nation.
Follow up question - any estimates how much land Cato the Elder had?
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Follow up question - any estimates how much land Cato the Elder had?
Wasn't 7 iugera barely enough to furnish a citizen soldier, and not enough for a average sized family to subsist on without working someone's else fields?
January 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Wasn't 7 iugera barely enough to furnish a citizen soldier, and not enough for a average sized family to subsist on without working someone's else fields?
I take it orcs are far more palatable topic for blogging than politai. To which I can only say: understandable. Have a nice day.
December 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I take it orcs are far more palatable topic for blogging than politai. To which I can only say: understandable. Have a nice day.
You've made one blog series about hoplite warfare, yes. But what about second blog series about hoplite warfare?
December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You've made one blog series about hoplite warfare, yes. But what about second blog series about hoplite warfare?
And those establishments should be inconveniently far away from all entranceces to the stadium.
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And those establishments should be inconveniently far away from all entranceces to the stadium.
Didn't we already tried "just use more artillery" a bit over a century ago, and found out that, while it's certainly nice, it's not exactly a war winner?
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Didn't we already tried "just use more artillery" a bit over a century ago, and found out that, while it's certainly nice, it's not exactly a war winner?
Wasn't it until locomotives became a thing?
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Wasn't it until locomotives became a thing?
Don't worry, unmitigated pedantry is what we are here for.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Don't worry, unmitigated pedantry is what we are here for.
Last time I've checked (3 hours ago) it ends with uppity vassals getting eaten their liege, due to their pointy sticks wielding peasants getting stackwiped by 50k most elite crossbowmen in the whole of afroeurasia.
But I guess you mean something else.
But I guess you mean something else.
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Last time I've checked (3 hours ago) it ends with uppity vassals getting eaten their liege, due to their pointy sticks wielding peasants getting stackwiped by 50k most elite crossbowmen in the whole of afroeurasia.
But I guess you mean something else.
But I guess you mean something else.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The witchery is a women's business. There's nothing more manly than a phallus. The waves of macho emanating from your ding-dong necklace clash with and nullify the feminine vibrations of spells and curses. Obviously.
October 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The witchery is a women's business. There's nothing more manly than a phallus. The waves of macho emanating from your ding-dong necklace clash with and nullify the feminine vibrations of spells and curses. Obviously.
Because we are wondering what build you are running.
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Because we are wondering what build you are running.
Do we want to stop farm consolidation, tho?
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Do we want to stop farm consolidation, tho?
Reminder - you are (I'm assuming) a human level intelligence, and you are operating on a 1.5 kg of meat jelly, with power consumption of about 20 watts. Sapience is not energy intensive, nor dose it require ultra-resilient hardware.
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reminder - you are (I'm assuming) a human level intelligence, and you are operating on a 1.5 kg of meat jelly, with power consumption of about 20 watts. Sapience is not energy intensive, nor dose it require ultra-resilient hardware.
Sadly, you are correct. Even might nova cannons top out at 50m shells.
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Sadly, you are correct. Even might nova cannons top out at 50m shells.
The closest things that comes to mind is Bahlen vs. Harrowmont in DA:O. And it's still hardly close.
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The closest things that comes to mind is Bahlen vs. Harrowmont in DA:O. And it's still hardly close.
Nope. The conspiracy theory seems to be "socialised healthcare is front for government run brainwashing program".
September 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Nope. The conspiracy theory seems to be "socialised healthcare is front for government run brainwashing program".
Of 3.5: Forseken Gods. And of part 4. 3 got begrudgingly kinda accepted.
September 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Of 3.5: Forseken Gods. And of part 4. 3 got begrudgingly kinda accepted.