To: FreedomCalls
Likewise Hernándo Cortés' conquest of the million-strong Aztec Army with only 600 men was incredible no matter how you slice it.
It would be... but that never happened. When Cortez defeated the Aztecs, he was supported by many of the surrounding tribes which had been previously subjugated by the Aztecs. The 600 vs. 1 million stuff is pure fantasy.
375 posted on
11/14/2004 8:09:38 PM PST by
Antoninus
(Santorum in '08)
To: Antoninus
***When Cortez defeated the Aztecs, ***
He STILL whipped the Aztecs.
My personal favorite is ARMINUS of Germany who destroyed the legions of VARUS. This defined the borders between the Romans and Germany for thousands of years. The Romans never tried to take Germany again.
"VARUS! GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!"....Augustus would cry in times of national peril and not enough troops.
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