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Paradise Lost · 05-02-2005, 11:38 AM

Vikings = Took over most of France, settled most of Ireland, a pretty good chuck of Scotland and England, and just for fun, grabbed a bunch of Russia too.

Spartans = Quit doing stuff about about 50 years of awesomeness.

Also, the whole arguement saying "at the height of their powers" is a pretty bold
statement to make. You could say, "Who would be better, the Zulu Warriors when
they kicked the most ass, or America, during World War II, after D-Day?"
The answer, of course, is Zulu Trained World War II Elite Soldiers. But that's besides the point.

With different technologies you can't have them fighting a 'fair fight,' which is
something the topic starter seems to be suggesting with the equal-terrain bit.
Wars in the 13th Century between Scotland and England turned the scales to the
English because of relatively small (to us) inventions in warfare (the lance.)

If we dressed them all naked and gave them a sword, I'd have to say it would be very
one sided. The Vikings won most of their battles either at places near sea or along
rivers. While the Spartans won the majority of battles on land, and had no where near
the sea dominance Athens had. And heck, they only beat the Athenians because, well,
they were almost dead anyhow.

So the winner of this battle is, of course, Zulu Trained Spartan Warriors Fighting the Russians in a World War II Elite Special Forces Squadron... with Lances.

--- Another Grouping of Marginally Coherent Sentences Brought to You By the Fine People at John Milton Enterprises.

05-02-2005, 11:38 AM	#19 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	Vikings = Took over most of France, settled most of Ireland, a pretty good chuck of Scotland and England, and just for fun, grabbed a bunch of Russia too. Spartans = Quit doing stuff about about 50 years of awesomeness. Also, the whole arguement saying "at the height of their powers" is a pretty bold statement to make. You could say, "Who would be better, the Zulu Warriors when they kicked the most ass, or America, during World War II, after D-Day?" The answer, of course, is Zulu Trained World War II Elite Soldiers. But that's besides the point. With different technologies you can't have them fighting a 'fair fight,' which is something the topic starter seems to be suggesting with the equal-terrain bit. Wars in the 13th Century between Scotland and England turned the scales to the English because of relatively small (to us) inventions in warfare (the lance.) If we dressed them all naked and gave them a sword, I'd have to say it would be very one sided. The Vikings won most of their battles either at places near sea or along rivers. While the Spartans won the majority of battles on land, and had no where near the sea dominance Athens had. And heck, they only beat the Athenians because, well, they were almost dead anyhow. So the winner of this battle is, of course, Zulu Trained Spartan Warriors Fighting the Russians in a World War II Elite Special Forces Squadron... with Lances. --- Another Grouping of Marginally Coherent Sentences Brought to You By the Fine People at John Milton Enterprises. __________________ "Marino could do it." Last edited by Paradise Lost; 05-02-2005 at 11:43 AM..