The Sacred Band of Thebes, a unit of all male-male lovers, leads the charge to rout the Spartan army, Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE ( lemmy.world )
Pelopidas being saved in combat - Pelopidas would later go on to lead the Sacred Band of Thebes, a military unit of all male-couples ( lemmy.world )
Off to Commit the First Act of Submersible Warfare on the Brits (1775) ( lemmy.world )
Turtle (also called American Turtle) was the world's first submersible vessel with a documented record of use in combat. It was built in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor, for use against the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
Famous bisexual 17th century French duelist and opera singer, Julie D'Aubigny, after winning three duels in a row ( lemmy.world )
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the American Revolution; German immigrant, father of the US Army, savior of the Continental Army, and a gay man ( media.kbin.social )
General von Steuben instructing American soldiers at Valley Forge, 1778 ( media.kbin.social )
Let's kick off Pride Month with a modern (1904) painting of Sappho of Lesbos, an Ancient Greek poet who gave her name to two terms for female same-sex desire! ( media.kbin.social )
Roman fort in Jordan, with reconstruction, 4th century AD ( media.kbin.social )
Oil painting of Red Square in the late 1600s ( media.kbin.social )
High Medieval Byzantine soldiers ( media.kbin.social )
Cutaway diagram of Roman insulae (apartments) ( media.kbin.social )
British riflemen at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 AD ( media.kbin.social )
British riflemen at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 AD ( media.kbin.social )
More castle cutaway ( media.kbin.social )
Castle cutaway ( media.kbin.social )
Philip II of Macedon being struck with an arrow during a siege - his helmet saving his life, but not his eye ( media.kbin.social )
Roman watchtower reconstruction and scale model ( media.kbin.social )
A run-down ancient Roman alleyway ( media.kbin.social )
Cutaway of a Roman amphitheater ( media.kbin.social )
Painting of a 16th century AD church interior ( media.kbin.social )
Cutaway of a Chinese Treasure Ship, 15th century AD ( media.kbin.social )
Carnival floats in Antwerp, 1670 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Ancient Roman city of Augusta Bilbilis in modern Spain ( media.kbin.social )
Ottoman forces assaulting an islet fortress in Candia, Crete, mid-17th century AD ( media.kbin.social )
A lively side street in Ancient Rome ( media.kbin.social )
