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https://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2016/02/14/is-mathoverflow-insane/ https://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2016/02/14/is-mathoverflow-in... >fourches caudines, Signori Q

https://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2016/02/14/is-mathoverflow-insane/ https://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2016/02/14/is-mathoverflow-in... >fourches caudines, Signori Quids Poisson and peace-ing, both! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Caudine_Forks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Caudine_Forks > Its designation as a battle is a mere historical formality: there was no fighting and there were no casualties

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If LFR were alive today (assuming* the underlying mechanism of war has not changed) perhaps he would take his argument online, in the hopes that people might be able to play with the data in his patiently gathered .xls files and decide for themselves? Unfortunately, nothing tends to squick the Spiessbürger/petits bougies so quickly as sheets and peace. Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBx-hHf4BE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBx-hHf4BE * a justified assumption, I'd say: the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's certainly the way to bet. EDIT: even BWW (or at least his author?) was once aware of the origin of the infamous yoke: https://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/jeeves-and-the-phd/#:~:text=the%20delicate%20situation,his%20whole%20army https://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/jeeves-and-the-phd/#:~:text=t... pedantry: of course he can't recall, if he's querying for "this Roman general", as they were "these": Titus Veturius Calvinus ac Spurius Postumius Albinus Caudinus