[Valin]

Something I recall reading about the Northmen, it wasn't that they were so much tougher, warlike, bloodthirsty than other barbarian tribes, it's who they attacked, they only people that really knew how to write at that time.

It's not for nothing that we have the word Vandalize
(Yes I obess on this time period)
http://www.friesian.com/germania.htm

http://www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-016.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15268b.htm

http://www.fernweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mf/index.html

Barbarians and Romans: The Birth Struggle of Europe, A.D. 400-700 (Paperback)
by Justine Davis Randers-Pehrson
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080612511X/qid=1138856402/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/104-1115817-9291128?s=books&v=glance&n=283155


And for FUN (nothing beats fun for having a good time)

THESSALONICA
Harry Turtledove
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671877615/qid=1138857053/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-1115817-9291128?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

[alfa6]

Thursday Bump for the Freeper Foxhole. The last day of my TDY assingment watching bottles of soap fall into cardboard boxes.

Teaser Pic

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Peanut Gallery]

Thanks for the links!

Yes, one of the resources we used said that the Vikings only attacked those who were weak or unprotected... that if the people were strong and protected, and could fight back, the Vikings traded with them instead.