Article on the L. IX Hispana (Factual????)

[Narukami]

Fascinating discussion, and though directly prompted by the articles in the UK papers (and the BBC) those were themselves spawned by the Hollywoods film Centurion and The Eagle.

In this respect these films do serve a useful purpose by stimulating such discussions. (I beleive Gladiator did the same and so too Saving Private Ryan.) The only down side is that the vast majority of the viewing public will not see these discussions and will continue to believe that the Imperial Roman SAS hock: :roll: was destroyed in the wilds of Scotland, that Commodus was killed fighting in the arena, and that the Persians used armored rhinos at Thermopylae (among other enduring 'facts')

As I have said before, not a week goes by that I do not learn something new from this Forum.

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Narukami