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| Irysa |
 Mar 18 2007, 01:03 PM
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 Towards some blank infinity  Group: Knights Posts: 1470 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Behind You Member No.: 65  |
This has always puzzled me: on the battlefield, who were the best warriors in history? The Spartans? The European Knights? The Samurai? Or maybe the Vikings? Obviously neither could have ever fought eachother in person, so the answer can only be inferred. So, based on what you you have studied and/or personal beliefs, who do you believe were our best warriors?
BTW, I ask this question in Off Topic because guaranteed had this question been in Spam, most responses would have been "DuRrr... NiNjAZ!!1" First person to say DuRrr... NiNjAZ!!1 will be whined at. And no, I've not seen 300 yet. This post has been edited by Chaos Seraph: Mar 18 2007, 01:04 PM ~~~ [13:27:43] [Sabator] peter would be the worst batman ever though. "turn on the bat-signal" "right!" *turns on huge foglight, beams an image of striped pantsu into the sky*
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| Dr Strum |
Mar 18 2007, 04:44 PM
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 Can Lead the Nation with a Microphone Group: Angels Posts: 5425 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 1 |
The Goths.
Crushing the Roman army on the battlefield pretty much makes them win. Sadly, they were talked into a peace treaty. Also sadly, they were not the smartest, and that peace treaty was a very bad deal for them. But it led to more violent bloodshed! ~~~ Писатель всегда будет в оппозиции к политике, пока сама политика будет в оппозиции к культуре.
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| Irysa |
Mar 18 2007, 05:19 PM
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Towards some blank infinity Group: Knights Posts: 1470 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Behind You Member No.: 65 |
The Goths won by starving the city. And the leader who led them to victory against that empire was a previous Roman general, if I recall correctly.
~~~ [13:27:43] [Sabator] peter would be the worst batman ever though. "turn on the bat-signal" "right!" *turns on huge foglight, beams an image of striped pantsu into the sky*
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| Dr Strum |
Mar 18 2007, 05:51 PM
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Can Lead the Nation with a Microphone Group: Angels Posts: 5425 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 1 |
Well, my knowledge is based on what I saw on the History channel, and I can't find any web resources to back it up, but I don't know why they would be led by a former Roman general.
~~~ Писатель всегда будет в оппозиции к политике, пока сама политика будет в оппозиции к культуре.
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| Irysa |
Mar 18 2007, 09:29 PM
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Towards some blank infinity Group: Knights Posts: 1470 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Behind You Member No.: 65 |
At that time the Romans were not home bred fighters, they consisted of bands of others they have taken over. He was a soldier but was denied the rank of general and went home to the Goths, still angered by being denied and seeing his people being starved and oppressed by the Romans launched a all out uprising against them.
Thats just a really brief summary. And if you watched the same program as I did, I'm sure it was in there. This post has been edited by Chaos Seraph: Mar 18 2007, 09:53 PM ~~~ [13:27:43] [Sabator] peter would be the worst batman ever though. "turn on the bat-signal" "right!" *turns on huge foglight, beams an image of striped pantsu into the sky*
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| Leyviur |
Mar 25 2007, 11:49 AM
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 Just Some Guy Group: Gods Posts: 576 Joined: 24-December 05 From: Ground Zero Member No.: 10 |
I would say Genghis Khan and his Mongolian Army.
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| Irysa |
Mar 25 2007, 12:12 PM
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Towards some blank infinity Group: Knights Posts: 1470 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Behind You Member No.: 65 |
I'm with Ash on this one. At the height of the Mongol empire only about 100,000 warriors within the kingdom existed. This army defeated the Persians, the Chinese, the Russians, and countless others.
~~~ [13:27:43] [Sabator] peter would be the worst batman ever though. "turn on the bat-signal" "right!" *turns on huge foglight, beams an image of striped pantsu into the sky*
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| jcdietz03 |
Sep 9 2007, 01:20 AM
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Time Waster Group: Flunkies Posts: 339 Joined: 1-July 07 From: Boston Member No.: 1609 |
Call me totally off-base, but I think US Marines are very good warriors. In the Korean War, I think they held off a Chinese force of 100,000 with only 1000 in freezing temperatures.
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