• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      25 days ago

      The wall would have been manned back in the day. Even if you sneaked a small force through, there’s no way 10,000+ men are getting through, let alone wagons.

      More than preventing invasions, it made it much easier to tax goods.

    • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      24 days ago

      The thing was designed to keep armies out, not individuals. Plus there would obviously be guards at the end.

      What a silly thought

    • jqubed@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Every time I see this I wonder how easy it would be for me to get around this. I’m sure it wouldn’t be a problem with a boogie board (depending on how strong the current is), but there must be border guards there to stop you. If you never set foot on land and go back to the other side is it an issue?

      • RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world
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        20 days ago

        Easy enough to do physically, but slower than using a rope and climbing over. And you’d be crossing at one the most monitored spots.

      • Breezy@lemmy.world
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        24 days ago

        No because assuming that wall is the border so many feet of water is still the territory of that country.

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    25 days ago

    Canoes, shovels, and ladders.

    The super-clever downfall of so many historical (and recent) walls.