As in everything else, Rings of Power have chosen to go for brainless "epicness" in their depiction of warfare as well. Not many good things can be said about this "epic" TV show, and warfare in it is no exception. Episode 1 First scene shows giant eagles fighting the Nazguls' flying steeds – except these …
One of major aspects of writing warfare is understanding why people go to war. It is in fact the basic requirement of writing a war: if one does not understand why the war is happening, he will not be able to set coherent goals for factions fighting the war, and thus the war will appear …
One of major questions of One Piece world is the strength of Yonko vs Admirals. Yonkos and the Admirals are some of the most powerful fighters in the One Piece world – the most powerful known, until the reveal of the Gorosei and the God Knights. Bounties and Strength But are bounties the good guide …
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List is taken mostly from here. 188.000 - army of Maxentius, 312 AD (Zosimus II.15.2) 165.000 - army of Licinius, 324 AD (Zosimus II.22.1) 130.000 - army of Constantine, 324 AD (Zosimus II.15.2) 130.000 - army of Licinius at Chrysopolis, 324 (Zosimus II.26) 100.000 - army sent to Africa 457 AD (Procopius Bella III.6.1) 98.000 …
After doing the Imperial Navy, I will also do the Imperial Guard. What we know about the Imperial Guard is basically that it consists of “billions” of people, and that it is recruited from a tithe of the PDF. Assumptions In order to determine the size of the Guard, I will make two assumptions: overall …
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Warhammer 40 000 is my favorite science fiction setting by far. In large part it is because it is not science fiction, but rather fantasy with sci-fi veneer. It has it all: heroes and villains, knights, demons, zombies and more. And being space fantasy, it also has that staple of space opera: large interstellar starships. …
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Limes means road – originally, it really was a road connecting border fortifications with each other. Over time, it began denoting a geographically shaped or fortified border. It is incorrect to use limes as a term for all borders of the Roman Empire, though the world will sometimes be used in such a manner as …
Wars in the late antiquity are led for more-or-less the same reasons as today: resources and profit, which means control of the trade routes (Roman – Persian wars) as well as robbery and/or living space (barbarian migrations). Societal structure determines the exact causes however, but wars also change society itself. In Rome, the army had …
Much of the fantasy, especially High Fantasy, is written about essentially medieval warfare, or at least has major aspects of it. This is obvious from the beginning: the work that codified modern high fantasy, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, is basically a book about war. And in this, irregular warfare plays a major part in …
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