Quote Originally Posted by Tiberius Nero
Indeed, it turns out to be a spam thread.
The guy has politely proposed something, has presented his own views and appears to be quite willing to hear other opinions (in fact has actively requested other's evidence), isn't that how a thread like this should be done? It's threads like this that make history interesting for the "non-history buffs" imho. Any spam in this thread is not Maeran's doing as far as I can tell.
I'm afraid I can't offer any input directly, just thought I'd say I am also interested in the answers to this question, so lets find out nicely, and leave the cat out of it!
Cheers