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Cause it's awesomeWhat the f vck is wrong with you guys......Worse yet, how did I get sucked into this thread?
Cause it's awesomeWhat the f vck is wrong with you guys......Worse yet, how did I get sucked into this thread?
What the f vck is wrong with you guys......Worse yet, how did I get sucked into this thread?
I was waiting for a punch line, but it appears that your question is sincere;whats the difference between a viking and saxon?
I always prefer a longbow guy. It's nice if he can run too, but just having a big accurate bow is all that really matters.
Thank you. After watching every season of vikings on the history Channel, this makes sense.I was waiting for a punch line, but it appears that your question is sincere;
Vikings = Norse, Sweden / Norway.
Saxons = Tribes from the North coast of Germany. Together with the Angles, another North coast Germanic tribe, you have "Anglo-Saxon". The Angles gave England its name, Angle-Land. The Angles were fishermen, thus our word "angler". Sussex in England comes from 'south saxons', Essex, Wessex east & west.
Fascinating stuff. Fascinating.
To extend the franchise a bit more, Normandy in France was originally 'North Man Land'. These were Vikings who raped, pillaged and settled along the west coast of France. Even today the people of Normandy look different than their fellow French in the interior...more of that Viking aspect. Rollo was given that part of France and was the first ruler of Normandy as kind of a peace offering to stop waging war on Paris, and it became the land of the North men or Norsemen. I haven't seen the entire Vikings series, so maybe they get into all that. William the Conqueror was Rollo's g-g-g-grandson.Thank you. After watching every season of vikings on the history Channel, this makes sense.
Yeah, but were there any 'roughing the snapper' calls?If I remember that game correctly there was an awful lot of targeting calls that day.
I was waiting for a punch line, but it appears that your question is sincere;
Vikings = Norse, Sweden / Norway.
Saxons = Tribes from the North coast of Germany. Together with the Angles, another North coast Germanic tribe, you have "Anglo-Saxon". The Angles gave England its name, Angle-Land. The Angles were fishermen, thus our word "angler". Sussex in England comes from 'south saxons', Essex, Wessex east & west.
Fascinating stuff. Fascinating.
I will see your Saxon battle and raise you a battle for western civilization. October 10th, 732, Battle of Tours. Charles the Hammer tossed the Umayyad Caliphate back to the Iberian Peninsula. His grandson would go on to lead what the Germans would refer to as the Frankenreich - the forerunner of the Holy Roman Empire.
(Obviously ignore the 12th century mail and arming swords - the painter wasn't there to see it - but you get the idea.)
You can see it now on the Ocho.
The hapless Jutes decided to forego a chance to dignify their status in England when they allowed the West Saxons to commit genocide on them. Slackers. They had settled in Kent & Isle of Wight. This according to the Venerable Bede.Suuuure, everybody remember the Angles and the Saxons but what about the Jutes??? Nobody ever remembers the Jutes.
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They had great names back then, didn't they?I will see your Saxon battle and raise you a battle for western civilization. October 10th, 732, Battle of Tours. Charles the Hammer tossed the Umayyad Caliphate back to the Iberian Peninsula. His grandson would go on to lead what the Germans would refer to as the Frankenreich - the forerunner of the Holy Roman Empire.
(Obviously ignore the 12th century mail and arming swords - the painter wasn't there to see it - but you get the idea.)
You can see it now on the Ocho.
They do. Of course they take some great liberties and make Rollo the brother of Ragnar.. I haven't seen the entire Vikings series, so maybe they get into all that. William the Conqueror was Rollo's g-g-g-grandson.
Both of their uniforms look better than the Gators all-white uniforms.
The Last Kingdom, Season1 Ep. 1:Bingeing The Last Kingdom right now Saxons versus the Danes. Would definitely recommend it.