SC - period suerkraut?

[marilyn traber]

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> It couldn't hurt ;  )  !   Actually, the reason generally stated is
> that
> Northern barbarians had invaded and sacked Rome more than once during
> the days when Rome was a kingdom, and during the early Republic. Rome
> claimed therefore to have a vested interest in civilizing the land
> North
> from Rome to at least the Rhine, and preferably to the North Sea.
>
> Adamantius

quickie history lesson-when rome had not yet sucked in etruria, the
celts and etrurians were fighting about land in cisalpine gaul, the
etrurians sent a party of enoys including a few roman observers who were
slaughtered by the gauls, rome decided to start a war, which they lost.
the gauls actually invaded the urbs of rome itself[nifty description in
cato(i think)] of the senators with their long white beards seated on
their chairs as the gauls enter the city. they tweak a beard and the
senator hits the gaul with his rod of office and the gauls kill the
senators. gauls 1 plus a bunch of gold, roma 0.   the romans never quite
got over it.

margali

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