orthonormal comments on How would you take over Rome? - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Yvain 14 March 2012 04:24PM

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Comment author: orthonormal 15 March 2012 05:53:41AM 6 points [-]

The butterfly effect is going to screw you over long before 15 years have passed, in many ways, but even directly via the weather: how many naval battles could have turned out differently if the weather changed?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 March 2012 11:17:36AM *  5 points [-]

Land battles, too. Before modern communications, the direction of the wind had a large effect on how fast and far orders could be heard.