01-19-2004, 01:16 PM
No no no, the Goths took it back in 410, then moved it to southern Gaul and then on to Spain, where it fell into Muslim hands in the 8th century. Their commander sent it back to Baghdad as a gift to his Khalifa, only to be killed for being too succesful. It has been in the vaults of the rulers of Iraq ever since.<br>
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Those gentlemen should ask permission, not from the Pope, but from the US Government to question Mr Hussein..<br>
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Those gentlemen should ask permission, not from the Pope, but from the US Government to question Mr Hussein..<br>
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Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
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)