longbow

gamespy sucks IMHO,All Seeing Eye is my favourite,get it Here

Beowulf isnt a British Tale its a scandinavian story.

Nice LW,what type of Bow is it? i have a 65LB Yew Longbow,but unfortunatly i never have enougth time to practise anymore Remember when you Loose the arrow the flight has to be at your ear and not at the chest took me ages to be able to do that Good hunting mate.

Nice article,very interesting

Its pretty much the same in Britain as it is in America.I studied Latin and French in school,but only from the age of 11 to 14,then i dropped them both like hot cakes My sister and Dad both speak fluent German but thats only because my Dad worked there for donkey's years and my sister has to speak German for her job. I envy the Welsh for having there own language (and they speak English with a crazy accent) the Welsh language is going through a bit of a revival,its become fashionable to be able to speak Welsh,in Wales,of course.

Yeah,good work Moon its much appreciated :notworthy: :notworthy: P.S. who's member number 1 ?

I liked Caesar's speech,question,why is Cato wearing a black toga and the other senators wear uniform white and red?

LOL

Started to download episode 2,i should be able to watch it tonight Its finally had a bit of media coverage over here,but its not getting aired until October!!!

Welcome to the forum Libertus.My Dad has been ill for a while now and after reading your post im feeling quite guilty ,i'm going to spend more time with him. Thanks,Longbow.

I liked the opening scene when it showed how they rotated the ranks, and when Pullo was praying to Mars after killing the Gauls.I liked Octavians attitude,the boys got steel in him. Atia seemed like my kind a lady Looking forward to episode 2.

I watched ABC's "World news tonight" and it doesnt look like the Government's doing a very good job in New Orleans,its a mass panic! P.s why's it called "world" news? the only country mentioned was America

The Brutus character in Conn Igguldens novels is far from historicaly accurate.

Those poor people,i hope they can get it all sorted out soon. The news here say New Orleans wont be able to be rebuilt theres too much damage.I hope they can rebuild it,that was one of the places i want to visit before my time comes. L

I just started to download the first episode,so hopefully i'll be able to watch it tomorrow it sounds too good for me to wait untill the Autumn. Have you got the wallpaper of the HBo site?

Yip,i read B.Cornwells book "the last Kingdom" and got the info out of that,i've allso posted it in a medieval thread on a nother forum i sometimes visit. Ivar was called the boneless because he was as skinny as a bean pole,unusual for the Danes.

Interesting page on Ancient ball Games,i wouldnt fancy playing naked soccer though

Alfred ,the only English King to be given the Title "Great" was the man responsible for saving the English society from the invasion of the Danes in around 860AD.Alfred was the King of Wessex and after the other Saxon Kingdoms had folded to the Danish assaults,it was left to him to defeat the Danish pagans. Alfred was a very pious man and very sick,a recent theory suggests he suffered from Crohns disease which causes accute abdominal pains,and from Chronic piles ( i know,no laughting matter,but still..) The Danes were called Northmen and NOT Vikings! the word Viking describes an activity rather than a race of people or a tribe,to go Viking meant to go raiding.Even though the Danes were raiders they were predominantly invaders and occupiers.The Danes made assaults on the Churches,nunneries and monastries,after all the Danes saw no reason to spare these places as they were Pagans and the Churches holded wealth. Ivar the Boneless,Ubba,Halfdan and Guthrum were the main leaders of these invaders,all formidable warriors. Alfreds fought against these people,naturally he didnt want his Englaland (saxon name)to be over run with smelly pagans who were destroying his beloved Church.In 878AD he attacked the Danes and routed there Army,he pursued them to there fortress which he lay siege for 14 days.The Danes ravaged by hunger (they couldnt have prepared there supplies very well,if it only took 14 days,smacks of arrogance to me) sought peace terms. Alfred realised that it would be impossible to get the Danes out of England all together so he signed the Treaty of wedmore.Guthrum converted to Christianity with Alfred as his Godfather and most of the Danes left Wessex and returned to east Anglia were they settled as Farmers.In 886AD Alfred negotiated a partiton treaty giving the Danes the North and east of England (A area known as Danelaw) and he brought west Mercia and Kent into the boundaries of Wessex.When the peace came Alfred concentrated on his Defence and Army.he reorganised the Thegns and the Fyrd into a rotation basis so he allways had a rapid reaction force available incase of further attacks,He allso started a building programme,making fortified market towns (Borough comes from the old English word "Burh"meaning fortress) all along his southern realm. By stopping the Danish advance and consolidating territorial gains,Alfred started the process by which his successors would eventually extend there power over the other Saxon kings and the ultimat unification of Anglo saxon England was to be led by Wessex. It is for the defence of his country against a stronger enemy that Alfred (or AElfred to give him his proper name) gets the title "Great" ,the only one of the English Kings to do so. What do you think of AElfred?does he deserve the title "Great"?

Figured it out,Once you've taken over 50 cities/towns the game will crash to desktop!the modders have released a patch to fix the problem but you have to start new campaigns! so that was a waist of time!!! Just installed the patch,suppose its an excuse to start again. Theres a link for this site on the RTR website