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> For example, during the conquest of Gaul, ~1/3 of the population was killed and another ~1/3 were sold off as slaves. The tactics you're talking about were us
by slater 4y ago
> For example, during the conquest of Gaul, ~1/3 of the population was killed and another ~1/3 were sold off as slaves. The tactics you're talking about were used on the remaining 1/3.
And that one small, pesky village of Gauls the Romans just could NOT conquer, try as they might.
- Kamq 4y agoMore like the third that were already most likely to be their allies (or to be receptive to being roman clients). Hence the comment about the tactics working on the "1/3 of the friendliest population".
- GauntletWizard 4y agoThe above was a joking reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix
- Kamq 4y agoAhh, fair enough. I'm not familiar with the material. Looks fun