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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:43 PM Original message |
The Vikings Conquered Sicily? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yup. They were badass! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. They defeated everyone they fought until |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. But now they choke in the NFC North on an annual basis |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Randy Moss Does Seem to Fit the Viking Tradition |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Well not really |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. good point |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Everybody conquered Sicily |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The History in Ten Seconds Series presents "Sicily". |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The Hapsburgs...Interbreeding their way across Europe |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Vikings = Normans |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You Really Have a Viking Reenactment Group? |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Harold was killed at Hastings, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Now Harald Hardrada was a hoot and a holler. |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Don't know |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Don't know |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Ruthless Harald, My Friend |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. In other words - |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That Was The General Consensus At The Time, Sir |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. If |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Viking reenactors |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. would you happen to know Captain Atli? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:50 PM Original message |
That would be Hrolf...or Rolf... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Rollo, Duke of Normandy |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sadly, with Mike Tice now at the helm, I doubt they could repeat this... |
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flakey_foont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Normans |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Vikings went |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. They were called the Verangian Guard |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. The vikings where all over the place. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. That's where the blonde Irish came from, too. |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. They settled in Russia too.. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. That, my friend, is a bone of major contention in Russia. |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Vikings had no choice but to invade Sicily |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nah, they just got tired of lutefisk.... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. LOL -- That's Great! |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Actually |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Everyone Has Invaded Sicily |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. You LIVE there? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Vik relatives the Rus conqered much of western Russia. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. When Germany bombed Pearl Harbor? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sicily is the New York of the old world - old school melting pot. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. EVERYONE conquered Siciliy at one time or another |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Cheeze, why do you think so many of those handsome, |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Btw, also the origin of blond hair as a minority trait in many populations |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have an old Sicilian coin from the 11th century... |
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