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Women Warriors From Amazon Fought For Britain's Roman Army
The Times (UK) ^
| 12-22-2004
| Lewis Smith
Posted on 12/22/2004 10:29:18 AM PST by blam
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To: blam
41
posted on
12/22/2004 11:43:56 AM PST
by
mhking
To: blam
There was nothing in that article to suggest that they were soldiers at all!
They may have simply been favored concubines.
Smell the agenda....
42
posted on
12/22/2004 11:45:03 AM PST
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: Poohbah
obviously carried there by a sparrow.Under his dorsal feathers or hers?
Seriesly, it's not a question of where he grips it....
43
posted on
12/22/2004 11:49:24 AM PST
by
Terabitten
(Time to die, nerd boy!)
To: Cogadh na Sith
This is obvious crap.
Julius Caesar would certainly have mentioned any Amazons with the army since undoubtably they would have been in many memorable mud wrestling sessions.
To: Al Gator
I know the BBC and Brits call her british, but I think she was Scotts.
Scottish? No, she came from East Anglia. Can't get more English than that. I live 5 mins walk from one of the Roman temples she burned down.
45
posted on
12/22/2004 12:05:22 PM PST
by
pau1f0rd
(a British citizen)
To: Hatteras
"I guess this is what my horoscope meant by 'kaboom!'"
46
posted on
12/22/2004 12:18:08 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
Thanks Blam. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
47
posted on
12/22/2004 12:18:28 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: Al Gator
so don't beat my head in.Wouldn't think of it. It's Christmas after all. ;^)
48
posted on
12/22/2004 12:30:43 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(Brought to you by The American Democrat Party, also known as Al Qaeda, Western Division.)
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To: avg_freeper
Gabrielle went down hill as soon as they decided she needed to be fighting alongside Xena and the lesbianism became more overt. It ware pretty inevitable, actaully. I didn't think that television would long put up with an intelligent but feminine virgin. I was right.
To: pau1f0rd
Boudica was an Iceni queen as I recall. She gave the Romans a thrashing at Colchester as retribution for their churlish behaviour with her daughters. Is that where you live. East Anglia is a great place.
To: blam
Darned idjits find some wide pelvi in a garbage dump all crisped up with some backribs, kitchen knives and skillets and try to pass it off as a battlefield memorial.
52
posted on
12/22/2004 2:00:49 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The accidental trumps the purposeful in every endeavor attended by the incompetent.)
To: strongbow
yes - I live in Colchester. The oldest recorded town in England.
53
posted on
12/22/2004 2:06:05 PM PST
by
pau1f0rd
(a British citizen)
To: blam
To: mark502inf
As for the location of the original Amazons, just remember that the same writing describing them also described Medusa and the Minotaur. some of their settlements north of the Blackj Sea have been excavated recently. The men were burried with cooking pots, looms and other household items. The women were burried with weapons and armour.
Amazon Warrior Women
So9
To: Al Gator
56
posted on
12/22/2004 3:29:59 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: ChenangoShooter.308
Sorry, but Janet el Reño never fought anybody tougher than a six year-old Cuban!
To: Servant of the 9
So9, I was familiar with the grave sites on the steppes that included a few women with military gear; in your linked article they were described as women of "high status". In the link you provided, I couldn't find the info you posted--do you have the specific reference or did I just miss it?
To: night reader
Sorry, but Janet el Reño never fought anybody tougher than a six year-old Cuban! Now, now. Some of those caps on the Scotch bottles can put up quite a tussle.
59
posted on
12/22/2004 6:02:11 PM PST
by
reformed_democrat
(Just a red-state woman trapped in a blue-state nightmare.)
To: mark502inf
In the link you provided, I couldn't find the info you posted--do you have the specific reference or did I just miss it? It is in another FR thrread that I can't find right now.
SO9
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