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  • ddplf@szmer.infotoComic Strips@lemmy.worldFemale Peasant
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    4 days ago

    It may vary from region to region, I once visited the Museum of Soap and History of Dirt in Bydgoszcz, Poland (wonderful experience!) and it was all au contraire to what you just said

    And everytime I heard historians scratching that topic, they would always confirm this information. So historically not much hygiene in Eastern Europe, I suppose.













  • could just concentrate their attack on one side forcing the defenders to support there and thus weaking the line which then can be attacked in return.

    You can’t stack up your troops like in video games, so that wouldn’t work. If the attackers were concentrating on the left side, then the defenders could breach the right side and encircle the attacking army.

    Also keep in mind - you pretty much can’t command your troops during the battle. Once the battle is unleashed, only chaos remains. You can only try to predict the flow of the battle and position your troops accordingly and prepare the early-stage orders.

    But I would guess most battles ended up looking more or less like the lower example.

    Vaguely, but definitely not in a 1:1 manner like on the dance floor