seth
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Post by seth on Jan 18, 2018 16:08:11 GMT
Wow. Thanks for all those links. I developed an interest in Celtic history after listening to Dan Carlin's podcast "The Celtic Holocaust." Highly recommend it, but if you think the Romans were the greatest thing since before sliced bread, you may not like them as much after listening. Anyway, I was thinking of adding a Celtic sword to my collection, and I came across this Deepeeka piece of Kult of Athena: www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AH4324&name=Celtic+Short+SwordI really like the aesthetics of it, and the price can't be beat. I have read that Deepeeka's "battle ready" stuff is not. I don't plan on battling any Roman Legionaries, but I do like my swords to be more than just wall-hangers. Anyone own this sword and can offer feedback? Thanks. It's true that the Roman did various nasty and extremely anti-social things to each other, their enemies, and other people. I tend to view history with a somewhat cynical eye: as far as I can tell, if the positions were reversed the Celts would have done the same to the Romans. But yes, the destruction of the Celtic civilization was a brutal affair (as were most Roman wars). And thank you for the thank you. I'm just happy someone else gets a kick out of this stuff the way I do. I've never owned a Depeeka, but as Andi stated, there were reports of early Celtic iron swords needing to be bent back into shape after a blow, so as he said, you could treat it as historical accuracy! I agree with your statement regarding role reversal. I tend to romanticize history somewhat, the Romans included, but I think it is important to remember the nasty parts of history as well. For example, I like the TV show Vikings, and we were watching the season where they were assaulting Paris. My wife and I thought it was odd that the show had manipulated us into rooting for the Vikings when in reality, they would have done appalling things to the people of Paris had they actually conquered the city. |
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Post by legacyofthesword on Jan 18, 2018 18:15:48 GMT
Yeah, the Vikings were another crazy sociopathic group of people who also happened to be pretty dang cool. Your experience watching Vikings reminds me of something that happened to me as a kid (that had an influence on my current ideas about history and so forth): I'm from the U.S.A. (born and raised there), but I found a book in the school library that was written in Canada. It was about the War of 1812, and as I read it, something strange happened... I was rooting for the Canadians! Once I'd read the whole thing, I thought to myself "Wow, I didn't realize how awful America was back then." Then I flipped the book over, saw where it was written... and the light bulb went off. It was a big enlightening moment for my tiny kid's brain - I realized that mostly everyone thinks they're in the right, and the "good guys" are whatever side you happen to be on, and that most "facts" are heavily colored by perception and bias.... And I've been a cynic even since. Lol. Hehe! Make sure you get a heavy sword: make those Romans sweat when you toss it on the scales! |
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seth
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Post by seth on Jan 18, 2018 19:58:56 GMT
Yeah, the Vikings were another crazy sociopathic group of people who also happened to be pretty dang cool. LOL, a great description. |
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