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EP8 Caesar at Hastings

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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Romans vs Normans - The Battle of Hastings

"I don't think many of these s get away. This time, i think the gaulic cavalry and all the light troops meet the normans on the beach trying to get away," he says. The closest analogy maybe you can find for an actual battle between normans and romans is when the normans fought the people who call themselves romans, the byzantines. "Let's not be too trusting of the pre fight analysts, the pundants, the prognosticators who suggest that this roman victory over the normans is a foregone conclusion."

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