Explanation: The famously short-tempered Roman Emperor Valentinian I entered into negotiations with some Quadi (Germanic) envoys after a series of border disputes which threatened to flare up into a full-scale war.

The envoys of the Quadi said that the disputes were all the fault of the Romans, and in any case, the Quadi (as FREE MEN) were not obligated to follow any of the treaties they signed.

... Valentinian I was so angered by this response that he had a stroke on the spot, and died shortly thereafter.

Explanation From Original OP:

As part of his graduation project, Igor Stechkin developed a pistol (not an APS, so the meme is actually disinformation). The examiner looked at the blueprints and said it would never work. Stechkin then pulled out a functional prototype of the pistol and unloaded the whole magazine of blanks into the ceiling, proving the examiner wrong.

Explanation: Many of the leaders of the early Soviet Union, instrumental in its success against the democratic socialist provisional government, the anarcho-communists, and the legitimately reactionary White movement, were purged by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (second in the list). He did so to present himself as the only figure of note who was a TRUE revolutionary, after the death of Vladimir Lenin (first in the list), the previous strongman leader of the Soviet Union.

Funny how everyone who had any prestige or revolutionary credentials was a reactionary traitor except for Stalin.

Explanation: Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a member of Austro-Hungarian royalty whose assassination by Serbian nationalists kicked off WW1.

He actually survived the first assassination attempt that day, an attack by a bomb! It was a failure, and the Serbian assassins scattered, some being arrested in the process. The Archduke opted, in fact, to visit the local hospital to pay his respects to the innocent people who had been injured by the bomb.

... but his driver (who was actually quite skilled and level-headed, and got his job for just that reason) got stuck in the confusion and mixed orders and traffic on the way there, and happened to pass by the cafe where one of the (uncaught) assassins, Gavrilo Princip, had decided to stop for a post-failure sandwich. Princip took the opportunity to change the failed assassination attempt into a successful one, and shot the Archduke, beginning a crisis which would result in the First World War.

Explanation: Cryptocurrency is a modern phenomenon wherein non-physical units of account not backed by any authority as legal for payment are purchased and sold under the promise that they will be worth something.

Indulgences were a medieval Catholic practice wherein non-physical units of (moral) account not backed by any authority as legal for payment are sold under the promise that they will be worth something. Namely, worth the absolution of a few sins when trying to get into heaven.

Explanation: The famously short-tempered Roman Emperor Valentinian I entered into negotiations with some Quadi (Germanic) envoys after a series of border disputes which threatened to flare up into a full-scale war.

The envoys of the Quadi said that the disputes were all the fault of the Romans, and in any case, the Quadi (as FREE MEN) were not obligated to follow any of the treaties they signed.

... Valentinian I was so angered by this response that he had a stroke on the spot, and died shortly thereafter.

Ah, I remember the good ol' days, before Xi, when it looked like China might have democracy in 20-30 years time, a la the dissolution of the South Korean junta.

'Funny' how oligarchies enable skilled political animals to become autocrats and reverse the direction of reform for the sake of the autocrat's own power, even at the expense of hundreds-of-millions of ordinary people, and the oligarchy itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mirbat

In 1963 a revolution began in Oman which sought to topple the government of the Sultunate of Muscat and Oman, which was backed by the United Kingdom. During the revolution, a communist guerrilla organisation was founded in 1968 called the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG). The PFLOAG sought to establish an independent and democratic republic with a socialist economy.

Knowing that their battle rifles would not be of full use until the guerrillas were closer than the weapon's range of 800 metres, and lacking heavier firepower, Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba made a run for the 25 Pounder Artillery Piece, which was positioned next to a smaller fort manned by nine[citation needed] Omani Army Special Forces soldiers, who had not played a part in the battle. The Omani policeman who was guarding the weapon had been seriously wounded. Talaiasi Labalaba managed to operate the weapon, which is a six-man job, by himself and fire a round a minute at the approaching guerrillas, directing their attention away from the BATT house. Kealy received a radio message from Talaiasi reporting that a bullet had hit his face, he was badly injured, and was struggling to operate the gun on his own.

Explanation: Many of the leaders of the early Soviet Union, instrumental in its success against the democratic socialist provisional government, the anarcho-communists, and the legitimately reactionary White movement, were purged by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (second in the list). He did so to present himself as the only figure of note who was a TRUE revolutionary, after the death of Vladimir Lenin (first in the list), the previous strongman leader of the Soviet Union.

Funny how everyone who had any prestige or revolutionary credentials was a reactionary traitor except for Stalin.

Afraid I know very little about most of the artifacts I post, other than some of the Roman ones!

Iran has a long history of labor specialization and fine metalwork of this sort, is about all I can offer!

tbf, it could very easily be read as a gesture of goodwill from a strong position to someone in an impossibly weak one. "Strange foreigners must be frightened and threatened so far from home, in enemy territory, surrounded by many times their force. Let us show them we mean to negotiate, not butcher them."

The problem is really that the Spaniards were a totally new beast the Inca simply were not prepared for. Steel armor and cavalry are game-changers.

"Why does my ale taste like saltpeter and sulfur?"

RE: https://piefed.social/c/grimdank/p/2164181/the-nation-calls

Your... your evidence is a joke about anarchists playing Warhammer?

Are you stupid?

@PugJesus one of the community operated by you had a comment something like: "russia and china are as bad as israel" and it had 13 upvotes with 1 downvote (I am sure it wasnt you).

A very compelling anecdote utterly lacking in evidence or context. My favorite part is where I'm accused of equating all imperialism, but then downvoting a comment equating all imperialism. Almost like this braindead line of attack is putting forward contradictory positions because the people repeating it are too fucking stupid to recognize doublethink.

also posts like this: https://mstdn.social/@[email protected]/116808165274019681

That's the same as the first link.

Average based Frederick the Great moment

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010146094

I dont have a specific post but your generic posting behavior reflects just that

The usual response of idiots playing games of telephone. No actual evidence for what they believe, but their favorite online circlejerk said it so it must be true.

Rome likes older provinces

Not sure how many naval destroyers fall off of trucks, even in Eastern Europe.

Feel free to quote me saying that all imperialism is equal, lmao.

"Surely these strange foreigners wouldn't try anything while outnumbered 10-1 with a massive army right outside the negotiation area, right?"

Narrator: "The strange foreigners did, in fact, try something"