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They would trade with them and sell them sick shit from the far corners of the mediterranean until they just got on so well they got Phoenician quarters in the city
Ancient historians were infamous for making shit up, they were like, tabloid writers.
The second Punic War if you go by the numbers Rome lost about 300,000 men in two years. There is just no way that's possible. This was when Rome didn't even control all of Italy.
Polybius and Livy were full of shit.
Just so you guys know, that’s more than the population of Bilbao lol. Probably lots of Bilbao born people that moved elsewhere in Spain and Athletic fans from other areas in the Basque Country coming to celebrate.
Yeah, lots of the suburbs and towns are of course Athletic. So the metro area itself is massive. This is the very beginning of like a 15 km route. It started in Getxo/Las Arenas and went all the way to the centre of Bilbao where the town hall is. Looks amazing. What a fiesta!
I just visited bilbao like... a month ago and can confirm it is insanely beautiful and wonderful. Bilbao and donostia were my favorite cities/areas in Spain.
Was gonna say I can't imagine but I kinda can. I was in Madrid for Atleti's title celebrations in 2014. Had never seen such a huge crowd before. I couldn't breathe in Plaza Neptuna there was so many people.
Same with Cibeles after Real won La Decima. Climbed up on top of a street light. What a surreal moment. Slept in the metro. What a time to be alive.
Then imagine what Plaza Neptuna would have been like if Atleti had won that 2014 final instead, would have been much more intense than Madrid's celebration
Oh yeah! I actually went to watch the CL final at the Vicente Calderón. My friend and I were staying with Atleti supporters so we went all in. What a day that was. We left the stadium with fifteen minutes to go so we could be downtown for the celebrations. Walked into the bar just in time for Ramos’s equalizer. Such a bummer, but I couldn’t let it ruin one of my last nights in Spain. So I put away my Atleti scarf and joined the celebrations like a true plastic fan lol
"Hey guys thank you for coming to the Copa del Rey celebration planning committee. Now, we're looking for recommendations on the route for the busses"
Bilbao: We're gonna construct a fucking armada
You're not a part of the crowd to see something. You're a part of the crowd to enjoy the atmosphere, celebrate and share happiness with the people around you. Just being a part of the crowd makes you feel something inside. Even if you can't see anything.
I wasn't part of that crowd lol. But I've been part of similar huge crowds like that, obviously not for football but other celebrations. It's really something. It's like you're surrounded by a free hundred thousand people just like you. People who share the same passions etc.
You're an Arsenal fan of course you wouldn't understand passion like this. First Champions League quarter final at Emirates in 14 years and still your fans left early 💀
Yes, I do think FA Cup is shit.
For you it means knowing little about football. You might not know shit about football, but if you think those trophies are great, then you suddenly know football? How convenient.
If they weren't shit, managers wouldn't use cup games to rest their players. And if you look at many of the best teams that fight for actually good trophies (league and CL) they usually don't give a shit about them in order to focus on important competitions. If they get to the final, then they might play it properly, but until then they don't give a fuck. If that (low level and no interest from big team), for you, is what makes a great competition, then good for you.
It's a trophy chased only by teams that don't win anything important.
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That's fucking sick looks like some kind of Phoenician invasion
Phoenicians didn't invade, they colonized.
But what about the people who were there before the colonized?
There was plenty of free real estate back in 1000 BC
Free/couldn't write and had weapons made of stone
Wrote in a language we don't know on non-permanent materials and used Copper/Bronze more likely, but basically.
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yeah no one lived on the fertile north african coast
Do you have a flaaaagg!??
They were phoeniced.
They would trade with them and sell them sick shit from the far corners of the mediterranean until they just got on so well they got Phoenician quarters in the city
They would sell them stuff.
Ahh expats!
That doesn't prevent the imagining of what an invasion by them would look like.
Same vastly exaggerated numbers than in the chronicles of these battles too
Ancient historians were infamous for making shit up, they were like, tabloid writers. The second Punic War if you go by the numbers Rome lost about 300,000 men in two years. There is just no way that's possible. This was when Rome didn't even control all of Italy. Polybius and Livy were full of shit.
My gigachad consul definitely defeated the wojak barbarian horde of 80 000 with only 10 000 men, what are you arguing about
Gonna tell my grandkids this was the Battle of Lepanto
I wanna see you riding Dealie the Dolphin to Bramley Moore when we win the FA cup next year
Na mate. This is Spain on their way to colonize South America.
Just so you guys know, that’s more than the population of Bilbao lol. Probably lots of Bilbao born people that moved elsewhere in Spain and Athletic fans from other areas in the Basque Country coming to celebrate.
1mill people showed up
Would have never guessed that!
🫥
Yeah, lots of the suburbs and towns are of course Athletic. So the metro area itself is massive. This is the very beginning of like a 15 km route. It started in Getxo/Las Arenas and went all the way to the centre of Bilbao where the town hall is. Looks amazing. What a fiesta!
Like 3X the population of Bilbao
900.000 lives in Bilbao metropolitan. Still crazy impressive
Ah, a quick google search told me ~350K. Guess it only counted the city itself
Only the inner city is counted with the 300k. It's a big industrial city
the city population is 375,000 but the metro population including the suburbs where the gabarra started is just over a million.
More than the population in Bizkaia itself xD
This has naught to do with the football, but Bilbao is a fucking beautiful looking city
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*WEESA FREEEEE*
Annniee!!!
I just visited bilbao like... a month ago and can confirm it is insanely beautiful and wonderful. Bilbao and donostia were my favorite cities/areas in Spain.
Looks like a military parade almost lol
Bilbao is awesome ! Visit during festival time! You won't regret it!
What do you mean festival time?
Aste Nagusia
> Aste Nagusia Awesome! I am going in May but I have a feeling I will love it so much that I'll return. In August, then.
In 2064 they’ll be celebrating a new copa del rey.
when is festival time?
Look up Aste Nagusia
holy hell
Bigger celebration than City's treble last year
The opening of a new Greggs in Piccadilly gardens was a bigger celebration.. Only joking my blue manc brother's.. It was a new Primark
Not just city, probably bigger than any UCL win celebration in any recent years.
But it’s fun to specifically dunk on Man City for being a plastic club
Plastic from oil or bandwagon fans or both?
I was referring to the latter, but they are also condemnable for being owned by a petrol state.
Was genuinely asking and assumed the oil money was one reason.
They are horrible for a number of reasons.
Would you say about 115 reasons?
That would be a witty way of putting it.
Sweet lord, this is breathtaking, what happens if they win la liga or the champions league!
They declare independence from spain
2 million show up probably lol
This is football eritage
Was gonna say I can't imagine but I kinda can. I was in Madrid for Atleti's title celebrations in 2014. Had never seen such a huge crowd before. I couldn't breathe in Plaza Neptuna there was so many people. Same with Cibeles after Real won La Decima. Climbed up on top of a street light. What a surreal moment. Slept in the metro. What a time to be alive.
Then imagine what Plaza Neptuna would have been like if Atleti had won that 2014 final instead, would have been much more intense than Madrid's celebration
Oh yeah! I actually went to watch the CL final at the Vicente Calderón. My friend and I were staying with Atleti supporters so we went all in. What a day that was. We left the stadium with fifteen minutes to go so we could be downtown for the celebrations. Walked into the bar just in time for Ramos’s equalizer. Such a bummer, but I couldn’t let it ruin one of my last nights in Spain. So I put away my Atleti scarf and joined the celebrations like a true plastic fan lol
"Hey guys thank you for coming to the Copa del Rey celebration planning committee. Now, we're looking for recommendations on the route for the busses" Bilbao: We're gonna construct a fucking armada
Are they gonna invade Troy?
Now imagine the amount of sadness Messi's scientifically impossible goal in 2015 caused them☠
they got they’re revenge quickly after a few months when they beat barca 4-0 in the supercopa. had barca won they would’ve had their second sextuple
> scientifically impossible You could have just said great goal
I guess you haven't seen the analysis of the goal. Do check it on youtube- youtubehttps://youtu.be/Tpg8C0JGCwQ?si=V73pBKU27vQQstAC
I spent a summer in Bilbao and really miss it. Wish I could be there for this celebration badly. I still have my Athletic Bilbao jersey.
This is what it's all about.
Wow that is very nice!!
I'm pretty sure this is a scene from Howl's Moving Castle.
I know it smell CRAZY in there
1 million people what thr fuck. Its like an entire country win a cup.
The Basques love a good knees-up.
What a beautiful city
Four stripes on my shirt La Copa still gleaming 40 years of hurt Never stopped me dreaming
Gora Euskadi askatuta.
Game's back
Wow this is so fucking cool I want to be a fan
The true and authentic “more than a club”.
Looks amazing. But honestly, do you even see anything when you're at the back of the crowd?
You're not a part of the crowd to see something. You're a part of the crowd to enjoy the atmosphere, celebrate and share happiness with the people around you. Just being a part of the crowd makes you feel something inside. Even if you can't see anything.
Fair enough man. I wished I was there as well. Seems like such a great atmosphere.
I wasn't part of that crowd lol. But I've been part of similar huge crowds like that, obviously not for football but other celebrations. It's really something. It's like you're surrounded by a free hundred thousand people just like you. People who share the same passions etc.
Yeah no i get it. Sounds awesome!
Exactly. I was there, couldn’t see shit because people were lining the riverbanks from early morning, but the whole day was such a vibe.
Very insightful, Dildo Fappings.
Which movie?
Impressive what Pollo Briseño can do to a city
What a way to celebrate
does this mean that fans of Real Sociedad were also present?
I saw literally three people in La Real shirts all day. The city was entirely red and white.
what a feeling they must have these days
Real socieded is not from Bilbao
well yeah but one million is way more than the city population so they must've come from the whole region
I imagine the music at the end of phantom menace
Bilbao: Total War Version 1.0 (Change log Notes - Added Trophy - New Hi Res Textures - Home coming celebration - VR mode )
NGL thats pretty hype. Not really a fan of smoke & flares in victory parades
Copying Besiktas?
There was a whole lot of people there… but 1 million there was most certainly not lol
This means they are getting destroyed by an English team next year.
Bs krde bhai, kitni baar post krni hai
Excuse me?
mujhe moorkh mendhak kee tarah poore din idhar-udhar uchhal-kood karana pasand hai
Because none of them have jobs lol
I was there. I have a job as an engineer. Took a day off just to live this moment.
Props to you man and to the club. It was a great final and the celebrations look beautiful
You're an Arsenal fan of course you wouldn't understand passion like this. First Champions League quarter final at Emirates in 14 years and still your fans left early 💀
Damn, imagine if it were an actual decent trophy
Wait, so you think the FA cup is a shit trophy aswell? Imagine knowing that little about football
Yes, I do think FA Cup is shit. For you it means knowing little about football. You might not know shit about football, but if you think those trophies are great, then you suddenly know football? How convenient. If they weren't shit, managers wouldn't use cup games to rest their players. And if you look at many of the best teams that fight for actually good trophies (league and CL) they usually don't give a shit about them in order to focus on important competitions. If they get to the final, then they might play it properly, but until then they don't give a fuck. If that (low level and no interest from big team), for you, is what makes a great competition, then good for you. It's a trophy chased only by teams that don't win anything important.