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> This article assesses whether Hellenistic war-elephants were given alcohol before battle…Unfortunately, despite the recent rise in scholarly interest on war-elephants, this issue remains overlooked.

This is the best abstract ever.



I assumed this was going to be about how drunk you’d have to get to ride an elephant into battle.


Or to stand in the way of one.




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