08-04-2010, 12:58 AM
Quote: Perhaps a close "Number 2" enemy would be the Vandals. They were bent on destruction and conquest. They created nothing and left destruction in their wake when they could not conquer.Jaime, that's very 19th-century of you! The vandals were not more or less destructive than any other Germanic group. The rest is post-medieval nonsense.
Quote: Or the Arabs could be "Number 2". They laid siege to Constantinople many times and almost took it.In that case I would vote for the Turks because in the end they really did.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)