07-02-2007, 01:42 AM
Most impressive, Robert :lol: .....but what of the "originals" ? Can you or others not recall some feats recorded by Ammianus or Procopius or others ?
And it is a pity Tacitus and Dio don't give more details about the marches of the legions in Boudicca's revolt...Cerialis and the ninth's dash to destruction, and Paullinus' return march from North Wales with the fourteenth and twentieth legions.........
And it is a pity Tacitus and Dio don't give more details about the marches of the legions in Boudicca's revolt...Cerialis and the ninth's dash to destruction, and Paullinus' return march from North Wales with the fourteenth and twentieth legions.........
"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
