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To: average joe who wrote (21096)	10/8/1998 9:11:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116912

RE won't p___ it away. I understand, I have friends in Houston that are saying the same thing about oil. richard

To: average joe who wrote (21096)	10/8/1998 1:41:00 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116912

They all say that. Do you watch Xena warrior princess? There are some parts of that which are historically accurate. At least to Rowan. I don't think anyone has the weapons and mettalurgy and battle methods quite figured out but I can tell you the type of steel that had to be in the chariot scythes. To cut phosphor bronze you need more than wrought iron or mild steel. 10% carbon damask I think. 120,000 lb modulus. They gave that one to the Babylonians circa 3000 BC. The gestae had steel pointed spears that have since rusted away. I believe the gestae were naked in order to throw better as clothing impinged on the motion of running and swinging of the arm. All iron age swords are actually steel as wrought iron does not make very good sword. They were cast steel too as the beating in layers technique assumed for sword again does not make it for building a weapon. The Celtish Continental language was so similar to Roman by 50 BC that the Romans used Greek for codes. Eventually Celtish became French with some influence of the lingua romana and German, as most of the Roman troop in Gaul were Germans, the only troops who could swim across the rivers of Europe with armor. If you read the Serments de Strasbourg you think you are reading German. "Mi fradre" is now "mon frere." From "Mi fradre" (my brother) came French!.. ======================================