RE: Images 17: Septomis Prime!
08-01-2021, 07:09 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2021, 11:19 PM by Labster.)
08-01-2021, 07:09 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2021, 11:19 PM by Labster.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiou..._elephants
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition
It’s hard to write off Pliny entirely. The Roman army did use elephantry in battle occasionally. Though they never bothered to continue breeding programs of people they had conquered. Once they learned that one weird trick to stop elephants (have light infantry throw things at the elephant until it retreated trampling back through enemy lines), it was never worth it to keep them. That said it’s possible North Africa was a cult center for the Elephant Moon Goddess back in the day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition
It’s hard to write off Pliny entirely. The Roman army did use elephantry in battle occasionally. Though they never bothered to continue breeding programs of people they had conquered. Once they learned that one weird trick to stop elephants (have light infantry throw things at the elephant until it retreated trampling back through enemy lines), it was never worth it to keep them. That said it’s possible North Africa was a cult center for the Elephant Moon Goddess back in the day.
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