To: wildbill; pierrem15; Verginius Rufus
Personally Ive always wondered about the lost eagles of the legions of Varros.I believe Tacitus wrote that two of the eagles were later recovered.
To: wildbill; pierrem15; Verginius Rufus
Personally Ive always wondered about the lost eagles of the legions of Varros.I believe Tacitus wrote that two of the eagles were later recovered.
Correction - I should have checked before posting. It was Gibbon's account, and all three eagles were eventually recovered.
To: tarheelswamprat; wildbill; pierrem15; Verginius Rufus
There's an excellent novel about the lost eagles by Ralph Graves, who also wrote "I, Claudius," on which the BBC series was based:
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02/19/2008 1:08:28 PM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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