PugJesusHand-tailor your approach to your clients/victims
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VIKINGS vs SAMURAITwo warriors, two deaths. One finds redemption, while the other is honored.
Dedicated to Tuncay Berah and Thomas “Tommy” Larranaga, though no longer with us, their spirit endures in the memories, stories, and moments shared.
Story @josephaleo
Artwork by @bugracomic.bsky.social
Samuele MasiWho reports that the Normans took a Calabrian fortress by means of the same stratagem:
"...Quid facerent stolidi? nec se defendere possunt,
Quo fugiant nec haben t, omnes capiuntur; et illic
Praesidium castri primum, Roberte, locasti;
Non monasterii tarnen est eversio facta,
Non exstirpatus grex est monasticus inde."
Cit. Robert Guiscard
Who reports that the Normans took a Calabrian fortress by means of the same stratagem:
"...Ad monasterii subhumandum limina corpus
Fertur, et ignaros f raudis, quos fallere vivi
Non poterant homines, defuncti fictio fallii,
Dumque videretur simplex modus exsequiarum,
Erigitur subito qui credebatur humandus.
Evaginatis comitantes ensibus illum
Invasere loci deceptos arte colonos..."
Cit. Robert Guiscard
Who reports that the Normans took a Calabrian fortress by means of the same stratagem:
"...Utile figmentum versutus adinvenit atque
Mandat defunctum quod quemlibet esse suorum
Gens sua testetur, qui cum, quasi mortuus esset,
Impositus feretro, pannusque obducere cera
Illitus hunc facie jussus latitante fuisset,
Ut Normannorum velare cadavera mos est,
Conduntur feretro sub tergo corporis enses..."
Cit. Robert Guiscard
Who reports that the Normans took a Calabrian fortress by means of the same stratagem:
"Qui cum discedens hue praedabundus et illuc
Non aliquod castrum posset captare vel urbem
Arte locum quemdam molitur adire, sed ejus
Dimcilis conscensus erat, quia plurimus hujus
Accola grex habitans, etiam monasticus illic
Non alienigenam quemus intrare sinebant..."
Cit. Robert Guiscard
Ian Rapoport 🤖#Georgia TE Oscar Delp will finish out a long list of visits by having Top 30s with the #Bucs and #Chargers this week. He had #Patriots, #Ravens, and #Vikings last week.
The Viking Age in Estonia was a period in the history of Estonia, part of the Viking Age (793–1066 AD). It was not a unified country at the time, and the area of Ancient Estonia was divided among loosely allied regions. It was preceded by the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in Estonia, during which an agrarian society had developed, the Migration Period (450–550 AD), and Pre-Viking Age (550–800 AD) with the Viking Age itself lasting between 800 and 1050 AD.
Clan Gunn:
One of the most "purely" Viking clans, they claim descent from Gunni, grandson of Sweyn Asleifsson, the "Ultimate Viking" feartured in the Orkneyinga Saga.
Clan Donald:
While often seen as the quintessential Gaelic clan, the Lords of the Isles descended from Somerled. Somerled was of mixed ancestry and famously drove to Norse out of Argyll, yet established a Norse-style maritime empire.
