04-08-2007, 11:02 PM
Quote:They don't tend to make lists like that about the Britons...only the Romano Britons and the Saxons....and Mynyddawg was from North of the Vallum...!Arthes:7a2pbuq5 Wrote:conon394:7a2pbuq5 Wrote:So why does Leonidas deserve to be in TIER 3.:x x Yes, and what a battle....nearly everybody knows the names of Thermopylae and/or Leonidas ... whereas most could not tell you the name of the Spartan commander at Platea.
He lost the only significant battle he ever fought
Well, same with Y Gododdin - we know every name of the warriors, and what a battle it was!
Yet they lost and their defeat make no difference whatsoever in the outcome of the formation of Northumbria.
Their commander is not remembered as one of the British'greatest generals!
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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