My original comment was meant as a joke, don't take it seriously.Beliyal said:
True and false. Armies under the Roman banner did, in fact, make use of archery as did every army worth the name, however, by the time we would be talking in terms of a professional army those taking to the field bow in hand weren't Roman, but Provincial Auxiliaries who would be rewarded with Roman citizenship (and a few of the other benefits mainliners received upon completing their 25 years) upon retirement. It's a false difference to make between the provincials and everyone else in the army since most of the heavy infantry were barbarians (lots of Germans) by the late BCs and ADs anyway, but that specific detail remains accuratish.Th3Ch33s3Cak3 said:
Yes. I think. It was a Russian movie. And it was violent. Can't recall the name...BlackStar42 said:
While I agree with you that we get a little more credit then we deserve. You also have to realize that before we got involved with the war. We were constantly supplying ships and everything to Britain, and other countries. So we didn't just get get in the war years after it began. We were somewhat there from the start.Sizzle Montyjing said:
Yes they did, pretty much everyone up until the gunpowder age had bowmen. While their archers were not always Romans, they still used mercenary bows and cavalry quite often.Th3Ch33s3Cak3 said:
Nor could King Richard actually speak English, having only spent around 4 months of his life in England by the time he died.Agow95 said:
Americans were prohibited from joining the RAF by the Neutrality Acts. Those who did so anyway had to pass themselves off as Canadian. The official law required they be stripped of their citizenship for doing, so none of the 9,000 or so American pilots flying in the RAF were technically American citizens while serving, but no one seemed inclined to enforce the law once the Axis declared war on the US.Jake Lewis Clayton said:
except that the spartans did not participate in the war after thermopylae, 300 was all their tiny little slave-state of pedo-flavored angry gay men could afford without losing control of their own country. much less send a contingent of ten thousand soldiers.Lt_Bromhead said:Just wondering what you mean by the Zulu track in the background...?
OT: 300. The whole damned thing, pretty much.
Then again, one could argue against this - as the story of 300 was the battle as told by Dilios, and as first hand accounts by Spartans go, that was likely pretty much how they would have told the tale. Especially if appealing for help...
