05-09-2010, 05:52 PM
A point well taken. 8)
All of those authors-- Tacitus, Polybius, etc.-- had an agenda in which the German was the nobelest savage, with the Gaul as the diminsihing savage (no longer quite so fierce).
As far as red-heads (or blue-eyed blondes) go, all we have to do is look at an Iranian to find all these same features, or just go digging for mummies in Xinjiang Province, or take a photo of a kid in India.
My theory is that none of the above would be "physically superior" if it were not accompanied by a good diet, correct and protracted physical training, with maybe the correct gene thrown in. :wink:
All of those authors-- Tacitus, Polybius, etc.-- had an agenda in which the German was the nobelest savage, with the Gaul as the diminsihing savage (no longer quite so fierce).
As far as red-heads (or blue-eyed blondes) go, all we have to do is look at an Iranian to find all these same features, or just go digging for mummies in Xinjiang Province, or take a photo of a kid in India.
My theory is that none of the above would be "physically superior" if it were not accompanied by a good diet, correct and protracted physical training, with maybe the correct gene thrown in. :wink:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
