[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 19

[blakrose]

replied privately........toooooooo  long a msg for this list

Sluggy wrote:

> STEVE K ROURKE wrote:
>
> > 439 Vandals take Carthage, Africa.
>
> This brings up the question: Were Vandals a nation or just a mob? What I
> mean is that I recently found that the term thug came from the mythology
> of India. The Thugs (unfortunately, I have forgot the long version, the
> formal name) were apparently a secret society of highwaymen. Over the
> centuries, the term lost it's capitalization in common usage and has
> come to represent brigandry in general.
>
> So, clued in by the context of the date, who were they?
>
> Sluggy!
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