To: SunkenCiv
The guys you want to hire as mercenaries are the guys that raided a Viking stronghold and kicked ass.
3 posted on
07/02/2015 9:49:02 AM PDT by
wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one.... what's yoIur plan?)
To: wildbill
The Varangians got their gig with the Byzantine emperor by riding up and hanging a shield on the gate. Other than that little misunderstanding with the assassination of one of the later Byz emperors, they were a huge asset to the empire.
6 posted on
07/02/2015 10:52:51 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: wildbill
The massacre happened centuries before the Vikings.
9 posted on
07/02/2015 3:24:46 PM PDT by
Sawdring
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