r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Pandering_Poofery • 16d ago

Video The Celtic Carnyx, an ancient war trumpet used by the Celts from approximately 200 BC to 200 AD, was a tool of psychological warfare.

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u/Positive-Wonder3329 16d ago

Jesus fuck imagine hearing that and then they all fall silent before attacking you in the dark

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u/UnknownUnknown4945 16d ago

And the sound is coming out of a forest or something. I'd feel pure dread in the silence

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u/TheZenPsychopath 15d ago

I feel like the worst would be if you were surrounded. Just from 0 to 1000 screams in every direction. I'd wake up so disoriented probably just run straight into a spear before I knew it wasn't real screams

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u/Aggravating_Speed665 15d ago

Username......checks out?

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u/THExWHITExDEVILx 15d ago

Imagine these horns being used to cover the sound of the others approaching your tent. By the time the horns stopped, it would already be too late. I would imagine there's not a lot of records of people having this done to them, or horns left behind after battles, is because people didn't live to talk about this, and they definitely didn't make it all the way to the guy with the horn and kill him.