04-16-2010, 01:15 AM
Benjamin,
Yes. A couple of good points in the last two posts.
Whenever you have a power vacum the "strong" can either win or "move in." And personally I have wondered if Cerdic and Cynric were ever Saxons at all, but rather, disenfranchised Briton's leading Saxons. The power elite need not be the major ethnicity of the people themselves, as we see with the 4th and 5th century Goths.
And I'll wager, in many cases, the actual weapons-- beyond swords to tooth-picks-- used on both sides, Saxon and Briton, were no more than spoken words, logical arguments against tyranical (or weak) leaders. :roll:
Yes. A couple of good points in the last two posts.
Whenever you have a power vacum the "strong" can either win or "move in." And personally I have wondered if Cerdic and Cynric were ever Saxons at all, but rather, disenfranchised Briton's leading Saxons. The power elite need not be the major ethnicity of the people themselves, as we see with the 4th and 5th century Goths.
And I'll wager, in many cases, the actual weapons-- beyond swords to tooth-picks-- used on both sides, Saxon and Briton, were no more than spoken words, logical arguments against tyranical (or weak) leaders. :roll:
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
