• Gork@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Fun fact: soldiers in the Roman Legions would find their maniples before battle and during exercises by pointing their phones at the SPQR codes held up by the standard bearer.

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      3 months ago

      “Maniples” comes from the Latin “Manipulus”, meaning “Handful”, because your hand is full when raising the phone camera