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  • Context: Roman–Gallic wars

    Over the course of nearly four centuries, the Roman Republic fought a series of wars against various Celtic tribes, whom they collectively described as Galli, or Gauls. Among the principal Gallic peoples described as antagonists by Greek and Roman writers were the Senones, Insubres, Boii, and Gaesatae.

    The Romans first came into conflict with Gauls who entered Italy from the north. Some of these settled in the lands immediately south of the Alps, which became known as Cisalpine Gaul: “Gaul this side of the Alps”. Gaulish armies, some perhaps fighting as mercenaries in the service of the cities of Magna Graecia, plundered territory in Etruria and Latium during the fourth century, famously sacking Rome circa 390 BC.










  • I once watched a 5h long video about movies from NK and all the movies made it pretty clear, that mountains have a very important stance in the story-telling of Korea and the wider Manchuria. Especially Mount Paektu plays an important part in the myth to the point that Kim Jong Il said he was born there (he was not). People get really impressed when people come from a mountains regardless on the culture it seems (e.g. Moses).

    So this soldier telling this fact, is most likely trying to paint SK as inferior. SK didnt had access to Mount Paektu since the 50s and didn’t keep retelling that story and this soldier ate that Paektu propaganda in the north with a spoons and thinks that makes him/his nation better (it doesn’t).