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Started by Edge, August 06, 2013, 03:10:48 PM
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Quote from: SaveMeJeebus on August 06, 2013, 05:36:55 PMOf course i watch it as well I had no idea a trailer was up for the second season. I am disappointed with the trailer as they seem to have spoiled a major characters death :/ He is my favourite character too Have you heard of Hammer of the Gods?
Quote from: Edge on August 07, 2013, 11:00:01 AMI put a spoiler warning. Sorry it's late. I'm curious as to how he gets out of it. Plus, how will Ragnar and his group react? I mean, Rollo used to be one of them.
Quote from: Edge on August 07, 2013, 06:06:36 PMWhile it would be interesting if Loki saved Floki or if Floki turned out to be Loki, I doubt that's going to happen. Any supernatural elements have so far have been ambiguous. As for Rollo, we all know he'll later become a HUGE deal to history.
Quote from: Edge on August 07, 2013, 06:35:51 PMOh! It's pretty fascinating. Rollo was the first founder and ruler of Normandy. The English royal family since (and including) William the conquerer are his descendants. Ragnar is a legendary Norse hero although it's uncertain how much of the stories about him are real (I think). His sons are also famous.
Quote from: Edge on August 07, 2013, 07:10:04 PMNo, I'm a student. I'm going to be a mad scientist. I just like history.
Quote from: Edge on August 08, 2013, 08:16:32 AMI haven't seen Spartacus yet. Is it any good?Yeah, they're not. They're taking artistic liberties.
QuoteQuoteNow Stephen Oppenheimer's groundbreaking genetic research has revealed that the 'Anglo-Saxon invasion' contributed only a tiny fraction to the English gene pool. In fact, three quarters of English people can trace an unbroken line of genetic descent through their parental genes from settlers arriving long before the introduction of farming. Synthesizing the genetic evidence with linguistics, archaeology and the historical record, Oppenheimer shows how long-term Scandinavian trade and immigration contributed the remaining quarter – mostly before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. These migrations may have introduced the earliest forms of English. And what of the Celts we know – the Irish, Scots and Welsh? Scholars have traditionally placed their origins in Iron Age Central Europe, but Oppenheimer's new data clearly show that the Welsh, Irish and other Atlanticfringe peoples derive from Ice Age refuges in the Basque country and Spain. They came by an Atlantic coastal route many thousands of years ago, though the Celtic languages we know of today were brought in by later migrations, following the same route, during Neolithic times
QuoteNow Stephen Oppenheimer's groundbreaking genetic research has revealed that the 'Anglo-Saxon invasion' contributed only a tiny fraction to the English gene pool. In fact, three quarters of English people can trace an unbroken line of genetic descent through their parental genes from settlers arriving long before the introduction of farming. Synthesizing the genetic evidence with linguistics, archaeology and the historical record, Oppenheimer shows how long-term Scandinavian trade and immigration contributed the remaining quarter – mostly before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. These migrations may have introduced the earliest forms of English. And what of the Celts we know – the Irish, Scots and Welsh? Scholars have traditionally placed their origins in Iron Age Central Europe, but Oppenheimer's new data clearly show that the Welsh, Irish and other Atlanticfringe peoples derive from Ice Age refuges in the Basque country and Spain. They came by an Atlantic coastal route many thousands of years ago, though the Celtic languages we know of today were brought in by later migrations, following the same route, during Neolithic times
