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I heard they can kill a man with a glance and maybe they can breathe fire, but my cousin wasn't sure about that one. Will the Trident and net even work against them?

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ave.

Your cousin was thinking of Gauls. Christians are easy to deal with, but you gotta be careful cause they can resurrect each other.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Frickin' Cassius got it screwy again! Thanks for the correction. I'll try to net them together before I get to stabbin'.

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 5 points 1 week ago

Re: Gauls. Beware of the big fat one and the short skinny one with the winged helmet.

[-] needanke@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Who is fat here?!

[-] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 23 points 2 weeks ago

They're probably not even real Christians, I heard the emperor's so cheap he just baptizes his slaves when there's a circus coming up

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

I believe it! The games are fun enough but the bread ration doesn't go as far as it did when I was a kid.

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Throw your trident down and demand that the Christian sacrifices you as an offering to the Emperor. I know, fra', but trust me. They hate that.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

A retiarius fighting a Christian? How provincial.

Back in Rome, that's the job of the dimachaerus. Who needs a net when you can kill two Christians at once?

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago
[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Been there, done that. Lions don't have fire breath!

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