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Aerial view of Centuripe, Italy (lemmy.world)
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[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Once upon a time attacks came from just land (or sea if near one), and walls and high ground let you literally roll boulders to crush your foes (yay catapults). WW1, Maxim guns, planes, and bombs made this all pointless (but absolutely no fear of floods)