Where war elephants were used so far
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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I wish Lincoln accepted that set to fight in the Civil War.
Now do middleearth
There's a city in France (Chambery) in honour of the Indian Maratha with four elephants surrounding a fountain, they only have the front sculpted so they're called "les quatre sans cul": the four without ass because the sculptor apparently didn't know their anatomy
Is that actually true or just an urban legend? Full elephants would make the sculpture HUGE, it'd take up so much space
Sorry, I meant the claim that the sculptor not knowing how to make the back half. I definitely believe you on the name! That wiki page isn't available in English but I translated it and only found this:
The legend[Which?] says that this square is made up of four elephants without backs since its sculptor did not know how to do the back says the "ass" of the elephants. This is what would have given the name of the 4 without asses.
I read about the construction elsewhere and only having the fronts seemed deliberate
Oh right, yeah that one is probably gossip haha
I love a good urban legend
Damn, people really demand fully modeled elephant sculptures?
Of course, it's France after all 😝
on each and every square meter of those areas holy crap
War elephants in England..?
That's Roman Britain so it is probably glazing the territories held by the Roman Empire. This is likely a map of areas that were ruled by an entity that used war elephants.
“So?”
“So, war elephants are tropical. This is temperate zone.”
Perhaps they migrated
With coconuts‽‽
The elephant could be carried. A C-123K could drop the elephant in a large crate with a parachute attached
Sea turtles, mate
Wikipedia calls it doubtful, though there are sources which say it happened. I'm curious about Denmark though!
Looks like Denmark is grey.
Northern Denmark, yes, but some of the coloured bit is Southern Denmark.
Elephants in northern Denmark? Ridiculous!
Southern Denmark though? Elephant central.
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Are you saying we need to use war elephants to invade New Zealand?
#MapsWithoutAmericas
US-ian here, yes please
How did they get to the islands
poor phanties 😭