Katie Sandwina, late teens or early twenties, and real, not fiction. About 6-1, 225 or thereabouts, and could do military presses with 300 lbs on a bar.
Posted on 12/22/2004 10:29:18 AM PST by blam
December 22, 2004
Women warriors from Amazon fought for Britain's Roman army
By Lewis Smith
THE remains of two Amazon warriors serving with the Roman army in Britain have been discovered in a cemetery that has astonished archaeologists. Women soldiers were previously unknown in the Roman army in Britain and the find at Brougham in Cumbria will force a reappraisal of their role in 3rd-century society.
The women are thought to have come from the Danube region of Eastern Europe, which was where the Ancient Greeks said the fearsome Amazon warriors could be found.
The women, believed to have died some time between AD220 and 300, were burnt on pyres upon which were placed their horses and military equipment. The remains were uncovered in the 1960s but full-scale analysis and identification has been possible only since 2000 with technological advances.
The soldiers are believed to have been part of the numerii, a Roman irregular unit, which would have been attached to a legion serving in Britain. Other finds show that their unit originated from the Danubian provinces of Noricum, Pannonia and Ilyria which now form parts of Austria, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
"If you set this (purely theoretical) chart alongside a chart of her hair length you will see a definite correlation."
Isn't that when she started saying "Hey Maynard...where's Dobie?!"
.........strange....
Katie Sandwina, late teens or early twenties, and real, not fiction. About 6-1, 225 or thereabouts, and could do military presses with 300 lbs on a bar.
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