'For months Augustus let hair and beard grow and occasionally banged his head against the walls whilst shouting; "Quinctillius Varus, give me my legions back"' -Sueton, Augustus.
"Deliver us oh God, from the fury of the Norsemen", French prayer, 9th century.
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Balloon count: 13
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Definately, got to love us barbarians, especially when combined with incompetent civilised generals ha ha ha ;-)
Poor fellows though, if you watch programs with vets of WWII (there are lots on Youtube), watching those old guys almost breaking down from memories of things they experienced 65 years ago (this one- all series actually brought a tear to my eyes, I must be getting old and soft) tells you of some horrible things. Imagine the fear of the fellows at Arausio as they gor slaughtered.
'For months Augustus let hair and beard grow and occasionally banged his head against the walls whilst shouting; "Quinctillius Varus, give me my legions back"' -Sueton, Augustus.
"Deliver us oh God, from the fury of the Norsemen", French prayer, 9th century.
Ask gi'r klask! ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk
Balloon count: 13
How about Mons Graupius? Last major battle of the Roman conquest of Britain.
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