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Re: Or Knights?

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marioslaz wrote: A little exaggerated to speak about world conquer, since in southern Italy arrived just 200 men :) Enough to give the birth to a dynasty, but a little few to conquer even just Italy :lol:
Although I think it was fewer than that that bascially did conquer sicily?

Yes one of the stunning points in history how so few have such a dramatic impact.
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Post by madaxeman »

OK, Ive condensed much of this thread and added it to many of the Lancer lists in the FoG Wiki on madaxeman.com..

http://www.madaxeman.com/wiki2/tiki-index.php

If anyone has any bright list-specific ideas, feel free to add them :-)
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Re: Or Knights?

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hazelbark wrote:
marioslaz wrote: A little exaggerated to speak about world conquer, since in southern Italy arrived just 200 men :) Enough to give the birth to a dynasty, but a little few to conquer even just Italy :lol:
Although I think it was fewer than that that bascially did conquer sicily?

Yes one of the stunning points in history how so few have such a dramatic impact.
200 were the knights, if I remember well. The army was about 500 (I found in wikipedia). They free Sicilia from Arabs, but they reigned over southern Italy with a population of Christians and Muslims that lived in peace. This tradition was continued by Federico II di Svevia (Stupor Mundi) who reigned over a population of Christians, Muslims and Jews and all lived in peace in Southern Italy (Sicilia e Puglia above all) and all worshipped their God. It seems we would have needing of a Federico II in our time.
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