01-09-2009, 05:48 PM
Sorry to bring this up again, but does anyone have ideas as to what the Romans were doing so far up north? And with such a large army.. and in the 3rd century? It boggles the mind!
I mean, tentative punitive raids across the Rhine are one thing. A couple of legions traveling to Northern Germany armed to the teeth with scorpios and carrhoballistae is something else entirely...
PS. The axe-head is puzzling as well. I was under the impression that axes hadn't come into Germanic usage until the Middle Ages...
I mean, tentative punitive raids across the Rhine are one thing. A couple of legions traveling to Northern Germany armed to the teeth with scorpios and carrhoballistae is something else entirely...
PS. The axe-head is puzzling as well. I was under the impression that axes hadn't come into Germanic usage until the Middle Ages...
Multi viri et feminae philosophiam antiquam conservant.
James S.
James S.
