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Offline MiloMorai

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After the battle
« on: September 15, 2023, 08:13:24 AM »
For the last 150 or so years, those that died in battle were buried in designated cemeteries.

What happened to the 10s of 1000s who died in battle in ancient times.

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Re: After the battle
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2023, 09:16:11 AM »
I imagine most were left to rot where they fell

Heck they find ww1 soldiers in the fields/trenches where they fell to this day..

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Re: After the battle
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2023, 11:14:48 AM »
There bodies were typically plundered for valuables, and their bodies either left for the vultures, or dumped into a pit. Vultures have to eat same as the worm.


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Re: After the battle
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2023, 12:01:08 PM »
Vultures have to eat same as the worm.

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Re: After the battle
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2023, 03:00:57 PM »
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Re: After the battle
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2023, 03:06:34 PM »
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Re: After the battle
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2023, 06:40:06 AM »
There bodies were typically plundered for valuables, and their bodies either left for the vultures, or dumped into a pit. Vultures have to eat same as the worm.

Their. THEIR bodies were plundered.

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Re: After the battle
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2023, 07:59:36 AM »
Google says..

 Historical records give us some further idea about what might have happened to battlefield bodies. Many corpses left on the battlefield would, of course, be buried. Christopher Daniell’s book Death and Burial in Medieval England, 1066-1550 indicates that in the Middle Ages, people preferred to bury bodies in consecrated ground. This would not always have been possible after a battle, but nevertheless, mass graves were sometimes dug to bury battlefield corpses. Several such mass graves have been discovered. You can read about one on page 138 of Daniell’s book.

Bodies would also be left to rot on the battlefield. Daniell says that it “was very rare for a person not to be buried” but that one major exception was when bodies were left to rot on battlefields. If the battle was very large or if the winning side wanted to disrespect the bodies of the fallen enemy, they would simply leave them to rot. This could also happen during a siege as Daniell suggests; he gives one example where during the Agincourt campaign bodies were left to rot in the streets of Harfleur.

Bodies on battlefields might also be burnt. William of Malmesbury reports one instance when during a crusade the bodies of the fallen were piled up and burnt for fear of disease spreading. According to Daniell this was rare, and there was not often a connection made between the spread of disease and rotting corpses.
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Re: After the battle
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2023, 07:22:14 PM »
Not all who died were looted, and we can lean lot of those who weren't.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/battle-visby-0010218

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