2 definitions by HellasFTW
Barbarians of Barbarians, The Romans copied off the Hellenes for the most part, with the exception of the Pila, the Gladius (copied from the Iberioi), and the formations and built a huge empire, ripping off everyone and taking all the glory and credit for themselves. If Rome was to be portrayed accurately on Axis Power Hetalia, it should be portrayed how Korea is portrayed in it, as Korea had its own cannons and metal prints. Romans were known for their orgies, taken a step upwards from pagan Greeks (Christian Greeks abstained from such nonsense) and had bang bang bang everywhere, and Augustus failed because he engaged in it like any "good" Roman. In fact, Romans were known for luxury that led to their demise, leaving the GREEK Byzantines to survive while they themselves vanished due to the invasion of the "Barbarians"
Romans! We are... "squished by Hannibal's Elephants"
ROMANI! AVE IVPPIT... "pwned by Pyrrhos Aiakides"
We Romans must have Parthian W... "Owned by Parthians"
ROMANI! AVE IVPPIT... "pwned by Pyrrhos Aiakides"
We Romans must have Parthian W... "Owned by Parthians"
by HellasFTW December 20, 2010
Hellas, or Έλλας, is the Hellenic name for the region more commonly known as Greece, which is anglicized from the the name the Barbaroi Romaioi used, Graecia. Historically, Hellas was a disunified region due to its mountainous region, creating diversity and of course, fighting that made them manly enough so that Megas Alexandros could use some of them alongside his Makedonian Greeks in smashing the PERSAI. Although the Diadochoi power wasn't in Mainland Hellas, Hellas there was still known for the FIRST ZOO in the world (even the term Zoo is derived from ζωον, meaning animals) as well as some of the largest ships in ancient history (Zheng He and his treasure ships would have to wait one and three fifths of a millenia), as well as the invention of many war machines such as the lithoboloi and the katapeltai (katapeltai first indicated in Syrakousai, a Hellenic city in Trinakrie). Hellas' most important contribution to the modern world is that it defended democracy by buttwhooping the Italians under Mussolini, and delaying the Nazis enough to get General Winter activated to freeze Nazi ass, even though the leader of Hellas was Fascist himself.
Detractors of Hellenes, largely the Skopioi, say Hellass (ironically revering the actual name rather than using the name defiled by the ROMAIOI) because they envy the Hellenic contributions of the world: The Skopioi didn't have a republic in the 19th century!
Detractors of Hellenes, largely the Skopioi, say Hellass (ironically revering the actual name rather than using the name defiled by the ROMAIOI) because they envy the Hellenic contributions of the world: The Skopioi didn't have a republic in the 19th century!
by HellasFTW December 20, 2010