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Roman legionaries with training equipment (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the good stick obsession goes back at least to the Romans

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gotta be high-ranking to get a good stick! That's a vitis, a centurion's symbol of office. Also used to dish out beatings to troops who aren't listening/working hard enough.

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

That's a nice beatin' stick right there.