Showing posts with label Roman Empire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roman Empire. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Eight Legendary Battle Cries-- Part 2: "Remember the Alamo"


5.  "Remember the Alamo"  Texans in the War for Independence against Mexico after the Alamo.  Vengeance.

6.  The Roman Barritus.    The Legions would usually marshal in silence, but once the enemy was encountered they launched a sound like stampeding elephants.  The late Roman Army's Barritus was a guttural sound borrowed from the Germanic tribes.  A harsh roar that built in volume.

7.  "Daus Hoc Vult"  "God Wills It."  The Crusaders used it.

8.  "Liberty or Death"--  American Revolution

--DaCoot

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

10 New Archaeological Clues About Roman Warfare-- Part 3:


3.  The mystery of the Bar Kokhba Revolt.  Simeon Bar Kokhba, a Jewish leader led a revolt in the Judea Province around 132-136.

2.  The Lost Roman Legion at Liqian, China.  Many villagers have Caucasian features.

1.  Mysterious Roman remains at Ham Hill in England.

--Cooter

10 New Archaeological Clues About Roman Warfare-- Part 2: Of Military Camps and Head-Hunting


5.  There were Roman military camps outside the Empire were along the northern frontier along the Rhine River.  These were fortified camps to protect against Germanic tribes.

4.  Roman head-hunting.  A pile of heads was discovered in the 1980s in London.  They were probably those of executed criminals or gladiator trophies.

--DaCootHead

10 New Archaeological Clues About Roman Warfare-- Part 1: Chemical Warfare and a Naval Battle

March 4, 2015, Listverse by Heather Ramsay.

I am just listing them.  For more information and pictures, go to the site.

10.  First chemical warfare victims ever found in Syria.

9.   Shacked skeletons found at a Roman Necropolis.

8.  Relics of the first naval battle site have been found in the Mediterranean Sea.  Battle of Egadi Islands (also called the Battle of the Aegates) off Sicily which ended the First Punic War with Carthage in early March 241 BC.

7.  The abduction of the Sabine women.  Originally, Romans were mostly men.

6.  The sudden disappearance of the Gateway to Rome (Portus).  Portus was a huge Roman harbor at the mouth of the Tiber River.  It essentially disappeared by the 6th century with the collapse of the empire.  It is believed that it was destroyed on purpose.

--CootRoman