Explanation: Just a silly joke about the supposed tendency of Brits to want everything in order (“Can’t park there”, “Queue up”, “Got a license for that?”) applied to the Roman presence in ancient Britain. Of course, at the time, it was the Romans who loved having things according to nice, orderly plans and rules.
Featured is a Roman caroballista, a cart-mounted light artillery piece. ‘Brittunculus’ is a Latin term meaning, roughly, ‘Nasty little Briton’ - ‘-unculus’ is just a diminutive form for nouns, but the usage of the term ‘Brittunculus’ is derogatory.
Did you draw this? It’s super cool, I’m envious of your talents! Why though did you give the horses those crazy outlandish eyes? Everything else is a quite realistic style and then there’s the horses with these hilarious muppet style eyes!
I definitely didn’t draw this, I have no artistic talent! The artist, Gambargin, has their signature on the side.
Oh right! I did see the name on the side yeah. Is that a famous historical cartoonist then? Do they often include quirky details like those horse’s eyes?
They do a mixture of ‘serious’ and goofy stuff. The goofy comics like this one often include little details like the horses having googly eyes or being two guys in a horse costume.
Great explanation of unculous! Kudos 😉
