07-15-2007, 10:13 PM
see my post above - they only appear once in the survivimg histories, initially are a shock to the Romans at the start of the battle, but by the end of it have been disastrously defeated, never to appear again !
Guess they found out the 'hard' way that naked purity and the protection of the gods are no match for a pila,gladius, umbo and caligae wielded by a legionary with bad atitude and no respect for Celtic gods !!! :evil: :twisted: :twisted:
Guess they found out the 'hard' way that naked purity and the protection of the gods are no match for a pila,gladius, umbo and caligae wielded by a legionary with bad atitude and no respect for Celtic gods !!! :evil: :twisted: :twisted:
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
