Sometimes I like to pretend I'm the Roman Empire and just sit and wait for the Goths to ravage me.

Oct 22, 2025 1:08 PM

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(barbarians) hey, we keep protecting you from kingdoms inthe east wanting some of that phat roman loot. How bout making us citizens (romans) fetch off, door guard. Do your job, and don't sully our towns with your presence (barbarians) and i took that personally

11 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Quite the Liv Tyler look she has - I like it!

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

😍

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

That is not Goth age armor! That is Gothic age armor! Get your goths right!

11 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Squire: "What type of sword does she have?"
Knight: "I think that may be a broad sword, but also---"
Squire: "I know that broad has a sword. I was asking what type it is."
Knight: "You nitwit!"

11 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Pauldrons but no shoes?!

11 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Needs a helmet she can dramatically remove to give her enemies a shock. Also, helmets are the most important piece of armor.

10 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

She'll do in war!

11 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

11 months ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 0

I got roman candle

10 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I, too, hope for a goth to come and ravage me.

10 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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11 months ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

What is that kind of sword called? a claymore?

11 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

It's a broad's sword.

😏😉🤪😄

It's actually a two-handed sword or "greatsword."

11 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Easy (source: swordscomic.com):

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

2-handed sword, or Zweihander.

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Or a Montante, or a great sword.

11 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Please clarify that. Visigoths or Bigtiddygoths? Both are fine, but have different audiences and movie ratings.

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

She's not a Hivisigoth, at first glance, so...

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But she is cool as heck and deserves some fine sunshades to bling with at armor!!

11 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do they typically go barefoot when suited up in armor? 😏😉

11 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nothing about this is Roman, you cur. If anything more Britannia based which the sword solidifies. So try pretending to be a Briton awaiting the Vikings or the Normans. Imagine.

11 months ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 5

Are all the men arriving named Norman? Or just some of them?

11 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Most of them were named Harold and William

10 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That's why she has to pretend the Roman part, were you not paying attention?

11 months ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 1

Sorry, what'd you say? I was scrolling images of cats.

11 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 3

Zweihänders are from Britannia?

11 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

Longswords in general, that is a facsimile at best and doesn't represent a Zweihander, more a Landsknecht if we're going for how close to a real sword it is.

11 months ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

Do you think longswords (which the above definitely is not) are British??? Why?

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Are you saying that a landsknecht is a type of sword?

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The joke has played itself out and now I'm tired. I know it's a mercenary - they popularized the use of two handed swords when offering their services to England, which for a long while were referred to as "landsknecht" swords.

11 months ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 3

Don't try to make sense of english speakers abusing historical german terminology. Hell, it's hard enough as a german speaker to navigate medieval german terminology.

So, a Zweihänder simply means a two handed sword. Any two handed sword is a Zweihänder (or Bidenhänder in an older form, a "both-hander").

A Landsknecht is a late medieval mercenary infantry from the holy roman empire.

Maybe they meant something like a Flamberge. That's those wavey two-handers.

11 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

PS: Claymores, Greatswords and whatnot are also all Zweihänder. Japanese Odachis are Zweihänder. It's a general term.

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