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Snakes sealed in jars and thrown at enemy ships. Burning sand poured into armor. Dead bodies used as biological weapons. War elephants! Our ancestors actually used these tactics in real battles, and they all understood something really, really well: Fear is the best weapon of them all. These are 25 Terrifying Tactics and Horrors of Ancient Warfare
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Music: The Battle of 1066 - Patrick Patrikios
Author: Hestie Bernard
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Impalement
1:18 - Hannibal's Snake Bombs
2:03 - The Mass Poisoning of Kirrha
2:54 - The Hittite Plague
3:36 - Scythian Poisoned Arrows
4:10 - The Siege of Tyre
4:53 - The Battle of Pelusium
5:36 - The Oubliette
6:18 - Sapping and Military Mining
7:03 - Beehive Bombs
7:38 - The Empty Fort Strategy
8:31 - The Whistling Arrows
9:17 - Greek Fire
10:00 - War Pigs
10:38 - The Harii's "Ghost" Warriors
11:16 - Death Whistles
11:56 - The Trojan Whale
12:36 - The Siege of the Characitani
13:24 - The Siege of Ambraecia
14:08 - Sulfur Gas
14:47 - War Elephants
15:33 - Genghis Khan's Fear Machine
16:13 - The Sak Yant Warriors
16:47 - The War Machines of Ur
17:31 - The Siege of Caffa
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Snakes sealed in jars and thrown at enemy ships. Burning sand poured into armor. Dead bodies used as biological weapons. War elephants! Our ancestors actually used these tactics in real battles, and they all understood something really, really well: Fear is the best weapon of them all. These are 25 Terrifying Tactics and Horrors of Ancient Warfare
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Music: The Battle of 1066 - Patrick Patrikios
Author: Hestie Bernard
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Impalement
1:18 - Hannibal's Snake Bombs
2:03 - The Mass Poisoning of Kirrha
2:54 - The Hittite Plague
3:36 - Scythian Poisoned Arrows
4:10 - The Siege of Tyre
4:53 - The Battle of Pelusium
5:36 - The Oubliette
6:18 - Sapping and Military Mining
7:03 - Beehive Bombs
7:38 - The Empty Fort Strategy
8:31 - The Whistling Arrows
9:17 - Greek Fire
10:00 - War Pigs
10:38 - The Harii's "Ghost" Warriors
11:16 - Death Whistles
11:56 - The Trojan Whale
12:36 - The Siege of the Characitani
13:24 - The Siege of Ambraecia
14:08 - Sulfur Gas
14:47 - War Elephants
15:33 - Genghis Khan's Fear Machine
16:13 - The Sak Yant Warriors
16:47 - The War Machines of Ur
17:31 - The Siege of Caffa
🍿 WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS:
► 25 Bloodiest Military Campaigns In History: youtu.be/LkhF4Dmwp2Q?si=_pEX6GaGxFQXXo8Z
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