Interesting, Humourous or Just Plain Weird Primary Sources
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AelleCyning
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Doesn't this confirm dual-wielding?
The Pigs' War board-game 
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18373/pig-wars-when-men-were-men-and-pigs-were-money
War of the Bucket - 1325 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bucket
The Football War - 1969 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18373/pig-wars-when-men-were-men-and-pigs-were-money
War of the Bucket - 1325
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bucket
The Football War - 1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War
matmohair1 said:
Surprisingly enough, to my recollection, despite being a small country (basically a city-state) El Salvador kicked Honduran ass during its offensive.
Dystopian
That is one of the most latin things I've ever read. Astonishing
It was also caused by a banana company buying up land, as if this wasn't crodio enough.
Amazon Warriors' Names Revealed Amid "Gibberish" on Ancient Greek Vases
Translations reveal Amazons' names such as Don't Fail and Hot Flanks!
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140923-amazon-greek-vase-translations-science/
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Longesp%C3%A9e,_3rd_Earl_of_Salisbury
Translations reveal Amazons' names such as Don't Fail and Hot Flanks!
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140923-amazon-greek-vase-translations-science/William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Longesp%C3%A9e,_3rd_Earl_of_Salisburymatmohair1 said:
The Ballad of Hi Jolly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Jolly
United States Camel Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Camel_Corps
"Once, insulted because he had not been invited to a German picnic in Los Angeles,
he broke up the gathering by driving into it on a yellow cart pulled by two of his pet camels!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_JollyCHORUS:
Hi Jolly, hey Jolly
Twenty miles today by golly
Twenty more before the morning light
High Jolly Yeah, I gotta be on my way
I told my gal I'd be home Sunday night.
VERSES:
Hi Jolly was a camel driver long time ago
Followed Mr. Blaine a way out west
Didn't mind the burnin' sand in that God-forsaken land
But he didn't mind the pretty gals the best
They got pretty gals in Albuquerque, least that's what I've heard
Pretty gals in Tucumcari, too
Now, Honey, I ain't blind, but I don't pay 'em any mind
I'm savin' all my lovin' just for you
Old timers out in Arizona tell you that it's true
You can see Hi Jolly's ghost a-travelin' still
When that desert moon is bright he comes ridin' through the night
Leadin' four-and-twenty camels 'cross the hill
Randy Sparks, (c) 1963 Cherrybell Music Publishing Company.
Hi Jolly, hey Jolly
Twenty miles today by golly
Twenty more before the morning light
High Jolly Yeah, I gotta be on my way
I told my gal I'd be home Sunday night.
VERSES:
Hi Jolly was a camel driver long time ago
Followed Mr. Blaine a way out west
Didn't mind the burnin' sand in that God-forsaken land
But he didn't mind the pretty gals the best
They got pretty gals in Albuquerque, least that's what I've heard
Pretty gals in Tucumcari, too
Now, Honey, I ain't blind, but I don't pay 'em any mind
I'm savin' all my lovin' just for you
Old timers out in Arizona tell you that it's true
You can see Hi Jolly's ghost a-travelin' still
When that desert moon is bright he comes ridin' through the night
Leadin' four-and-twenty camels 'cross the hill
Randy Sparks, (c) 1963 Cherrybell Music Publishing Company.
United States Camel Corps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Camel_Corps
"Once, insulted because he had not been invited to a German picnic in Los Angeles,
he broke up the gathering by driving into it on a yellow cart pulled by two of his pet camels!"
Theon, an Angry Boy from Roman Egypt
What a twat. The article explains that his grammar was quite bad, but also that he deftly imitates the common style of letters between adults (as seen below)
A Real Letter from a Roman Soldier
Interesting that he mentions the sending of portraits. This is of course the same period and location as the fayum portraits, so perhaps there were far more of these than we are commonly familiar with. Also quite interesting that he mentions his new roman name with pride, and harkens to an Egyptian God. He was probably a Greek born in Egypt
What a twat. The article explains that his grammar was quite bad, but also that he deftly imitates the common style of letters between adults (as seen below)
A Real Letter from a Roman Soldier
Interesting that he mentions the sending of portraits. This is of course the same period and location as the fayum portraits, so perhaps there were far more of these than we are commonly familiar with. Also quite interesting that he mentions his new roman name with pride, and harkens to an Egyptian God. He was probably a Greek born in Egypt
ＪＡＣＶＢＨＩＮＤＳ // 寒心４２０? said:
Dystopian
Those letters are extremely interesting Jakub I want more. Its absolutely fascinating to see a common familial relationship in words from Antiquity. The respect for his Pater Familias is pretty intense.
Hence why I started this thread. Day to day life is way way wya wya wyswysgs way more interesting than the state-level great-men geopolitics that most people think history is all about. It's so easy to fall into the mindset where you assume nobody before 1900 was a real person.
A Tale of Two Ports....
Ormuz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormus
Port Royal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Royal
Ormuz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormus"The merchants of this isle and city are Persians and Arabs. The Persians (speak Arabic and another language which they call Psa), are tall and well-looking, and a fine and up-standing folk, both men and women; they are stout and comfortable. They hold the creed of Mafamede (Muhammad) in great honour. They indulge themselves greatly, so much so that they keep among them youths for the purpose of abominable wickedness. They are musicians, and have instruments of diverse kinds. The Arabs are blacker and swarthier than they."
The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants,
written by Duarte Barbosa and completed about the year 1518 AD, 1812 translation by the Royal Academy of Sciences Lisbon,
Asian Educational Services 2005
"Its moral state was enormously and infamously bad. It was the home of the foulest sensuality, and of all the most corrupted forms of every religion in the East. The Christians were as bad as the rest in the extreme license of their lives. There were few priests, but they were a disgrace to their name. The Arabs and the Persians had introduced and made common the most detestable forms of vice. Ormuz was said to be a Babel for its confusion of tongues, and for its moral abominations to match the cities of the Plain. A lawful marriage was a rare exception. Foreigners, soldiers and merchants, threw off all restraint in the indulgence of their passions ... Avarice was made a science: it was studied and practiced, not for gain, but for its own sake, and for the pleasure of cheating. Evil had become good, and it was thought good trade to break promises and think nothing of engagements ..."
Francis Xavier, Henry James Coleridge, The Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier 1506-1556, Asian Educational Services 1997 Edition p 104–105
"High on a Throne of Royal State, which far
Outshon the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl and Gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd"
John Milton's Paradise Lost - 1667 (Book II, lines 1–5)
Tamerlane The Terrible - Capture of Ormuz - Look and Learn issue no 736 (21 Februaru 1976) by C L Doughty
The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants,
written by Duarte Barbosa and completed about the year 1518 AD, 1812 translation by the Royal Academy of Sciences Lisbon,
Asian Educational Services 2005
"Its moral state was enormously and infamously bad. It was the home of the foulest sensuality, and of all the most corrupted forms of every religion in the East. The Christians were as bad as the rest in the extreme license of their lives. There were few priests, but they were a disgrace to their name. The Arabs and the Persians had introduced and made common the most detestable forms of vice. Ormuz was said to be a Babel for its confusion of tongues, and for its moral abominations to match the cities of the Plain. A lawful marriage was a rare exception. Foreigners, soldiers and merchants, threw off all restraint in the indulgence of their passions ... Avarice was made a science: it was studied and practiced, not for gain, but for its own sake, and for the pleasure of cheating. Evil had become good, and it was thought good trade to break promises and think nothing of engagements ..."
Francis Xavier, Henry James Coleridge, The Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier 1506-1556, Asian Educational Services 1997 Edition p 104–105
"High on a Throne of Royal State, which far
Outshon the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl and Gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd"
John Milton's Paradise Lost - 1667 (Book II, lines 1–5)
Tamerlane The Terrible - Capture of Ormuz - Look and Learn issue no 736 (21 Februaru 1976) by C L Doughty
Port Royal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Royal“The parrots of Port Royal gather to drink from the large stocks of ale with
just as much alacrity as the drunks that frequent the taverns that serve it.”
Jan van Riebeeck (1619 – 1677) Dutch navigator and colonial administrator
"Wine and women drained their wealth to such a degree that […] some of them (the buccaneers?) became reduced to beggary.
They have been known to spend 2 or 3,000 pieces of eight in one night; and one gave a strumpet 500 to see her naked.
They used to buy a pipe of wine, place it in the street, and oblige everyone that passed to drink."
Alexandre Exquemelin's History of the Bouccaneers of America - 1678
"'This town is the Sodom of the new World and since the majority of its population consists of pirates, cut-throats, whores
and some of the vilest persons in the whole of the world, I felt my permanence there was of no use."
Seventeenth century clergyman returning to England on the same ship as he sailed out on!
Morgan's Buccaneers in Port Royal in 1668 - Buccaneers 1620-1700 by Angus Konstam, illustrated by Angus McBridge
just as much alacrity as the drunks that frequent the taverns that serve it.”
Jan van Riebeeck (1619 – 1677) Dutch navigator and colonial administrator
"Wine and women drained their wealth to such a degree that […] some of them (the buccaneers?) became reduced to beggary.
They have been known to spend 2 or 3,000 pieces of eight in one night; and one gave a strumpet 500 to see her naked.
They used to buy a pipe of wine, place it in the street, and oblige everyone that passed to drink."
Alexandre Exquemelin's History of the Bouccaneers of America - 1678
"'This town is the Sodom of the new World and since the majority of its population consists of pirates, cut-throats, whores
and some of the vilest persons in the whole of the world, I felt my permanence there was of no use."
Seventeenth century clergyman returning to England on the same ship as he sailed out on!
Morgan's Buccaneers in Port Royal in 1668 - Buccaneers 1620-1700 by Angus Konstam, illustrated by Angus McBridge
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Interesting, partially redacted CIA report on their first look at Soviet units with AKs and SKSs.
Complete with photographically accurate eyewitness drawings.
Complete with photographically accurate eyewitness drawings.
