Megalopolis, Greece Puns

Hello, those of r/badhistory! Today I am going to review another Kings and Generals video. This one is called Ancient Celtic Armies: Invasion of Rome and Greece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leZH41r0fY4

My primary sources are ready to burn away the many errors K&G produce, so let us begin!

0.29: The first mistake here is an extreme generalization. The narrator says ‘We are not saying you should go into battle like the Ancient Celts’. Does Kings and Generals mean all the Celts, or a specific group of Celts? The dangers of a lack of clarification is that the audience, who most likely do not have an in-depth knowledge of the subject matter, may be left with the impression that the entirety of the Celts, who stretched across Europe from Spain to the Balkans, fought in such a uniform manner, which is entirely incorrect.

2.29: The narrator refers to the Celts as ‘Gaulish.’ In modern scholarship, ‘Gaulish’ is mostly restricted to describing the Celts who lived within the region of historical France, with the term ‘Celt’ being used for the group as a whole. They also called Celtic arms ‘highly advanced for their time’. I would argue that the idea of ‘primitive’ versus ‘advanced’ is bad scholarly practice. ‘Primitive’ carries with it the connotation of inferiority. When applied to a culture, it would make it appear as if a whole people had religious and social beliefs, as well as a lifestyle, that was not as valuable or as important because it was seen as ‘backwards.’

2.38: The narrator says the Celts were armed with longswords. Longswords were a very specific type of weapon dating from the medieval period. They were longer than a typical sword (which were known as arming swords), and had a hilt that could facilitate a one or two-handed grip. A Celtic sword was shorter and was intended to be used with one hand. It would very much be beneficial for the audience if K&G could use more accurate terminology.

2.43: “Making the average Gaul deadly in melee and ranged combat.’ As opposed to a warrior being harmless in melee and ranged combat.

3.07: King and Generals uses the name ‘chainmail.’ ‘Chainmail’ did not exist! The form of armor being referred to had a number of different terms through history, but ‘chain’ was never one of them! The name used by most academics is just ‘mail’.

3.59: The narrator says ‘historical evidence suggests a significant amount of Celts did fight nude.’ No, it doesn’t. This

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

[Removed]

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

You take away their little brooms

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

It was about a weak back.

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678