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The deeds of Ancient peoples and historical figures often echo throughout history and into thefuture. There are many example of notable tribes, nations and individuals leaving entymological
imprints, permament marks on language that last to this day. Like the Vandals, and ancient tribe
whose name took on a new meaning and survived to this day, the Hipsters are also known to us,
although their memory is limited almost entirely to their name. A fierce people, capable even of
defeating a Roman legion, the Hipsters took great pride in the appearance of their beards, and the
Roman fashion of shaved faces agitated them greatly, since they found the very concept of shaving
deplorable. The victory in the battle of Strasbourg, depicted here, further consolidated the
Hipsters' belief that a warrior with a fabulous beard is far superior to one without one. This
reverence of beards and a sense of superiority is the only legacy and the only connection of the
Hipsters of the ancient world to the Hipsters of today.
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Hi,
Thank you for your answer, a nice surprise, I certainly didn't expect one now! 
I wish I were as fluent in a second language as you are in English - I do admire that.
I'm not quite sure what you are saying 'nope' to though. My comment on what seemed to be a light-hearted joke was only requesting confirmation that the Roman Emperor intended to portray Julian the Apostate- that's all.
Whether the title 'Apostate' is valid or not, that's what he is now known as as a result of virtriolic histories since by Christian historians. Sometimes he is known as Julian II, to differentiate him from Julian of Pannonia.
Julian's relationship with Constantius II was certainly tense.Β
I didn't comment on the Battle of Argentoratum or its result, which i know Julian won.
He wasΒ an interesting character, brought up as a devout Christian but throwing that off when he became Emperor and trying to turn the clock back and restore the old religion. Have you read Gore Vidal's novel? Julian's coinage certainly makes his intentions clear.
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Hi
Undoubtedly you are correct, Julian has been systematically attacked by Christian writers over the centuries - he is seen as a traitor.
His reforms are interesting and he also wrote a witty satire called The Caesars. Whether his reforms would have succeeded had he lived, is hard to say.Β
Of course, the Christian argument as that he brought retribution on himself by his own actions!
Certainly the contrast between Julian's strong expedition and the Empire's feeble response to the Goths a decade later is striking.Something was going wrong!
I won't get into the religious argument but you would probably enjoy posting on Historum. Have you ever tried that forum?
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And then, one day, Hipsters went extinct. The black day they heard about the existence of Langobards.
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Incredible artwork. It would be amazing if you did anything wallpaper size
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Justinian did us a favor by getting rid of the Vandals and Ostrogoths. Were it not for the Persian Wars tying down most of Constantinople's armies, they would have done the same to the Lombards and Visigoths.
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The plague did a great deal of damage, but most of it was past by the early 600s. The real damage was the incessant Wars between the ERE and Sassanid Persia.
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Don't tell me you've never heard of them.
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Of course I have: amongst Huns, Alamans and Vandals. Just like you say.
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I love your Germanic/Celtic vs Roman pieces SOOOO much.Β
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You sir never disappoint with your descriptions. I love your art and your humour.
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One of my favorite battles.Created for Desperta Ferro?
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No, this one was done for the Ancient Warfare magazine.
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EC, I can never tell when you're being serious, and when you're trolling haaaard. So I kind of just assume that you're always trolling.
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I'm always serious! Even when I decide to troll, I get out of bed and say "time to do some serious trolling".
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xD Well at least when it comes from you, its classy and hilarious. Looking forward to more of your serious trolling.
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Great! I love this time period, and I love how you're shedding some light upon the dark ages.
are you going to do some art for Attila total war as well?
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Great! I'll be looking forwards to seeing it!
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Fighting the Romans since before it was mainstream.
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thx for this single most best commentary of the week
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A classical Late Roman painting belonging to an era which was characterized by limited resources and memory, forcing Roman artists (known in Latin as paintiums) to resort to dynamic texture loading. Trying to memorize the entire picture would result in thrashing, so the clever paintiums remembered most details in lower resolution, closer details in high resolution, and for closest scenes they would even load the extra textures.
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xD You mimic the style pretty well.
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Lovely compostion, and I always enjoy your humorous descriptions as much as your paintings themselves 
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I really like the painterly feel on this one. What did you use to make it?
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Lots of mixer brush, smudge tool, that type of thing.
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Well, color me impressed, sir. Thank you for the information on the Battle of the Beards. I knew that the Vandals and the Hipsters were natural enemies, like Englishmen and Scots. Or Welshmen and Scots. Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
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I don't know what I like more, your illustrations or your descriptions that come with them; but I wish I could fav twice.Β Β
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That's great, thank you so much!
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My pleasure!
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