Memoriāls izveidots pie Lestenes baznīcas. Kapsētas sienu granīta plāksnēs iegravēti ap 18 000 latviešu karavīru vārdi, bet kapsētas svētītajā zemē ir apbedītas vai pārapbedītas 1020 par savu tēvzemi kritušo latviešu karavīru mirstīgās atliekas. No Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm uz Lesteni atbraukušais Vispasaules organizācijas "Daugavas vanagi" pārstāvis Juris Augusts savā uzrunā aicināja iegaumēt marmora plāksnēs iegravēto kritušo leģionāru biogrāfijas datus: tie galvenokārt bija jaunieši, pat bērni, kuriem tolaik vēl vajadzēja sēdēt augstskolas vai skolas solā.

Pateicības plāksnes atklāšanu, kritušo un vēl dzīvo latviešu leģionāru godināšanu kupli pagodināja augstas Latvijas valsts amatpersonas, tostarp Saeimas priekšsēdētājs Gundars Daudze, vairāki Saeimas deputāti un politisko partiju pārstāvji, kā arī Eiropas Parlamenta deputāts Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis. Aizsardzības ministru Vinetu Veldri pārstāvēja Nacionālo bruņoto spēku viceadmirālis Gaidis Andrejs Zeibots, bet Bruņotos spēkus – ģenerālis Juris Vectirāns. Savukārt tagadējais Latvijas Valsts prezidents Valdis Zatlers savu atzinību apliecināja atsūtītajā telegrammā. Klātesošo vidū bija arī eksprezidents Guntis Ulmanis.

Ar memoriāla ierīkošanu saistītos darbus koordinē un vada jau 1998. gadā nodibinātais Kurzemes Brāļu kapu fonds (KBKF), kura pirmais priekšsēdētājs bija nu jau aizsaulē aizgājušais Latvijas Nacionālo karavīru biedrības (LNKB) vadītājs Nikolajs Romanovskis. Tagadējais LNKB un KBKF priekšsēdētājs Edgars Skreija uzsvēra, ka svētvietas izveidošana gan ir pabeigta, bet tas nenozīmē, ka pabeigta arī kritušo latviešu karavīru pārapbedīšana, tā turpināsies. Uz ļoti daudzām pārapbedīto leģionāru kapu plāksnēm rakstīts "Nezināms", taču arī uz tām gulst ziedi un cilvēki to priekšā noliec galvas. Tieši tā vakar darīja pie nezināma kareivja kapa plāksnes sastaptas divas kundzes – Astrīda Gūte un Ināra Neimane. Viņas stāstīja: "Kad 1945. gada 15. maijā kā pusaugu meitenes no pagaidu dzīves vietas atgriezāmies Lestenē, tepat baznīcas tuvumā uz ceļa gulēja kritušie karavīri. Latviešu leģionārs bija ieķēries zirga krēpēs, blakus viņam gulēja vācieši, un turpat arī krievs. Nekad neaizmirsīsim to drausmīgo skatu. Neatceramies arī citu tik auglīgu pavasari. 15. maijā zāle bija izaugusi līdz ceļiem. Tā bija barojusies no cilvēku asinīm."

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There is a great article about the game up at Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

Obviously there are some strong Tribes vibes here (holding down right mouse button allows you to “ski” with your jetpack) and that’s definitely a good thing. There’s a good, smooth, fast-paced feel to it. Once you get into the skiing and start seeing the game as a series of ramps and jumps it becomes the FPS-variant of extreme sports. Rocket-skating for deathmongers. The weapons aren’t quite beefy enough (and I seem to remember saying the same thing about Tribes) and the rocket-launcher currently dominates the game. Still, I suspect that will change as people get a better handle on what the hit-scan weapons are actually capable of. Hurtling across the map with chaingun whirling is going to become a favourite feeling.

The environment for deathmatch and capture the flag do feel a little empty, but that seems to fit the fluid feel of the game. This about racing across open-space as you fight, a kind of humanoid, semi-aerial dogfighting. “Freedom of Movement Returns” is the tagline for Fallen Empires, and it’s bang on: what are all these game designers doing ignoring the jetpack? It’s the perfect videogame-world tool. Fallen Empires is an antidote to everything else that I’ve been playing for the past six months. Really great stuff.

Of course the Instant Action website itself is an incredible piece of software. Browser based gaming, all streamlined and simple. It should have been like this years ago, and GarageGames are my personal heroes for making it finally work so well. If you’ve not played around with this yet, then you should do.

Read the Full Article

And go sign up for InstantAction and play it for free! 

Also, be sure to view the n00b guide so you can avoid getting pwned! Legions takes a bit of practice to get good at. Click the image below to watch the video:

Before you know it, you will be able to do this:

and this:

but probably never this... ;)

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Latviešu Leģions, studijas DEVIŅI filmas krievu versija nesen ievietota skatīšanai youtubē.
Var noderēt par līdzekli pretstāvēšanai Maskavas propagandai.

1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxe7oAl11Yw&feature=related

2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWsyYHmgDjo&feature=related

3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpMM1gipDrA&feature=related

4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auEsB3T3ATg&feature=related

5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arcc8f5l7CU&feature=related

Ievietotāja profils - a6u5e. Tur atrodama arī viņa 180 filmu kolekcija par 2. pasaules karu.

Priecēja vairākas skolēnu un mazpulcēnu delegācijas, kas godināja un atcerējās šodien aizmirstos un neatzītos valsts aizstāvjus. Tas liecina, ka tauta atceras traģiskos Otrā pasaules kara notikumus, kad mēs atradāmies starp divām cilvēku maltuvēm, no kurām viena saņēma pelnīto sodu, bet otra paslēpās uzvaras saulē. Baigais gads, asiņainais padomju terors, kas vērsās pret latviešiem 1919. un 1940. – 1941. gadā Latvijā, 1937. gadā Padomju Savienībā, radīja latviešu leģionu un vēlāk nacionālos partizānus. Kā savā runā aizrādīja Eiroparlamenta deputāte Inese Vaidere, to vēl nevēlas atzīt daudzi Eiropas valstu deputāti. Bet, pateicoties filmai "Padomju stāsts", pamazām pazūd sarkanais šķidrauts, kas slēpis komunisma īsto seju. Gaidām šīs, kā arī kinofilmas "Rīgas sargi" parādīšanos Jelgavā.

Traģisks ir Jelgavas aizstāvju liktenis 1944. gada degošajās jūlija un augusta dienās. Pēc Vācijas informācijas datiem, no 500 Jelgavā kritušajiem vācu karavīriem izdevies atrast tikai ap 200. Jelgavas galveno aizstāvju – latviešu leģionāru – apbedījumu vietas joprojām sedz drupas un padomju varas nehumānā rīcība, tos iznīcinot. Izdevies atrast tikai 16 leģionāru apbedījumu Jelgavā un 12 rajonā. Vēl joprojām meklējam lieciniekus, kas varētu palīdzēt šajā nozīmīgajā darbā. Galvenajās kaujās Jelgavā līdz 1944. gada 6. augustam piedalījās latviešu karavīri, bet vēlāk tos nomainīja vācu divīzijas.

Baltie krusti ap Jelgavu, piemineklis Grēbnera parkā Jelgavas aizstāvjiem 1944. gadā vēl šodien liek atcerēties 1945. gada 8. maiju, kad beidzās Latvijas dēlu traģiskais liktenis, karojot citam pret citu zem svešu varu karogiem.

Aldis Egils Hartmanis, Brāļu kapu komitejas Jelgavas nodaļas priekšsēdētājs

http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/regionos/article.php?id=544931

Through the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. the destiny of the Roman Empire was decisively influenced by a sea-battle for the final time. Following it Rome dominated the seas; enemies with their own large fleets no longer existed. Despite this, the Roman navy was not disbanded; indeed, it was expanded further. This clearly demonstrates that the fleets did not play an inconsiderable role in Roman imperial policy. As a result, one has to ask oneself what functions the fleets performed.

The best literary sources are to be found in Dio Cassius, Velleius Paterculus and Tacitus, who describe four expeditions of Roman fleets along the North Sea coast. This occurred in connection with the Roman attempt to conquer Germania upto the River Elbe. In 12 B.C. the Romans under the leadership of Drusus risked the first attempt; the second expedition followed in 5 B.C. under Tiberius. Germanicus undertook the two final voyages in A.D. 15 and 16, both ending in catastrophes, when tidal waves destroyed the ships. The reason for all four operations was always the same: a part of the army of occupation was brought by ship as close as possible to the theatre of war. Together with the soldiers equipment and provisions were also loaded on the ships newly constructed for this purpose. In this Tacitus (Annals 2, 6) describes the ships of Germanicus. They had wide hulls, but narrow sterns and bows. The keel was flat, so that the ships did not run aground, even by low-water. All could be sailed and rowed. Some possessed a cover to protect the cargo from wind and weather. A series of these characteristics survived upto the 4^th century, as displayed by the five Roman military ships from Mainz (Mainz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

In later times, too, troops and their equipment were transported by ship to their place of action. An impressive witness for this is the 40 m high Trajan's Column in Rome. The whole of the exterior is decorated by a continuous band of reliefs on which the events of the First and Second Dacian wars (A.D. 101/102 and 105/106) are depicted. Scenes 33-35 show the emperor and his soldiers marching out of winter-quarters and his journey to the theatre of war

in 102. One can clearly distinguish different types of ships. Firstly, there are small cargo vessels with high bulwarks and wide bows, allowing storage space for the folded tents. They are steered by two lateral steering-oars. One can recognise these in particular on the ship shown during a journey on the Danube. The helmsman sits on an elevated position, so that he can look over the heads of the rowers. These ships had only one row of oarsmen on each side; the oars rested on top of the bulwarks.

The horse transporter, however, displays other characteristics. In order to obtain room for the animals, there is no steering-oar here. The small team of rowers is responsible for steering. A conspicuous aspect of this vessel lacking in the other cargo ships is the inclined bottom at the front of the ship. The use of such inclined ends was that the ships could be manoeuvred onto a flat bank. This allowed them to be loaded from the front, which was of obvious advantage when having to load a ship with animals.

Such flat ends are especially accentuated in the ships of Type Zwammerdam. These ships have often been recorded north of the Alps and could measure upto 40 m long, as documented by the ships Zwammerdam 4 and Mainz 6. One needed a large crew to be able to navigate such long ships on a river. In Roman times only the army could provide enough personnel, so that most ships of Type Zwammerdam can be regarded as military vessels. The find-spots seem to confirm the close connection with the army; in the majority they are forts or towns in the proximity of which Roman military forces were stationed.

If this is a first indication that the ships depicted on Trajan's Column are not requisitioned civilian vessels, the final proof is provided by the ships on which the emperor and his staff are travelling. On the one hand they display the inswinging prow typical of warships, on the other hand two rows of oarsmen are positioned on each side. The disposition of the oars demonstrates that these ships had an outrigger, so that the two rows of oars dipped into the water at varying angles and, therefore, did not hinder one another.

In doing so the rowers sitting on the outside placed their oars through the rail on the outrigger, the oars of the rowers sitting on the inside lay on the bulwarks below the outrigger. The bireme warships were called liburnae and represent the typical ships of the provincial fleets.

The scenes on Trajan's Column disclose, therefore, that fleets also took part in the Dacian wars. Thanks to the inscription of C. Manlius Felix we can assume with great probability that there were two fleets in operation, the Pannonian and the German. In the inscription Manlius Felix is described as "Praefectus classium Pannonicae et Germanicae" (Admiral of the Pannonian and German Fleets), so one can safely assume that he commanded both simultaneously. The concentration of fleets stationed far apart was usual during campaigns in later times, too. The inscription of Valerius Maximianus mentions his special responsibility during the Marcommanic wars of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (168-175). He had to secure the food supply for both the Pannonian armies. For this purpose he had under his command sections of the Misenum, Ravenna and British fleets. It is pertinent that the Pannonian fleet, i.e. the regular provincial fleet in the theatre of war, was not part of this assignment. Apparently, it was needed for other operations. These could have involved the transport of troops and equipment, as well as patrolling the Danube. After all, the army itself was involved in the war, i.e. without the fleet the Danube as the Empire's border would have been defenceless against enemy attacks.

The surveillance of river borders

In a series of Roman provinces a river forms the border of the Empire. In Europe this is the case for the provinces on the Rhine and the Danube. We know of three provincial fleets here, the classis Germanica, the classis Pannonica and the classis Moesica. Although one could conclude from their names that their areas of operations stretched over both provinces bearing their corresponding name, this was not the case. Thus, so-called military diplomas clearly show for the classis Pannonica and the classis Moesica that they belonged to the army of Pannonia inferior and Moesia inferior respectively.

As for Germania inferior one can see the same from the distribution of inscriptions and tiles, which are limited to Lower Germany. The sole exception is the Brohl Valley, which lay in Upper Germany, but the stone-quarries there were exclusively used by the army of Lower Germany. That the classis Germanica belonged to the army of Lower Germany was recently confirmed by a military diploma dating to Trajan. It was found in The Netherlands and names beside the auxiliary troops of the Lower German army the fleet as well. For the protection of the Empire's borders there was certainly a chain of forts along the corresponding rivers in all three provinces, but an effective control of the border was only possible with ships undertaking daily patrols, as the author Ammianus Marcellinus still describes for the 4^th century. But Lower Germany, Lower Pannonia and Lower Moesia were not the only provinces with a riverine border with the non-Roman world. Since the fleets did not operate beyond their provinces, however, one must ask who was in charge of surveillance here.

A special feature of the province Moesia inferior provides a first indication for this. Although the province had its own fleet, the classis Moesica, there have been found in the legionary fortress of Novae tile-stamps bearing the name of the locally stationed legio I Italica in a frame shaped like a ship. Moreover, this is not any ordinary ship, but a warship displaying the typical concave prow and a sternpost decoration, such as seen on liburnae on Trajan's Column. This extremely seldom way of stamping tiles gives every reason to believe that the legio I Italica was equipped with its own squadron of warships. The tiles clearly belong to the 2^nd century. This means, however, that in Moesia inferior alongside the fleet itself the naval squadron of a legion was also stationed. The reason for this lies in the area of operations of the classis Moesica. Its inscriptions and tiles are to be found only on the western and northern coasts of the Black Sea and in the Danube delta. They are absent further up river. One can assume, therefore, that the classis Moesica possessed mainly seaworthy ships with a deep draught, which were unsuitable for use on the rivers. As a result, the legio I Italica took charge of surveillance on this section of the Moesian border using more suitable ships.

But the finds in Moesia inferior are not the only pieces of evidence for naval squadrons in the legions. Confirmation is provided by information in the Notitia Dignitatum, a late Roman administrative handbook. Among other things it lists the legionary units and their bases under the command of the "Dux Pannoniae I et Norici". Some of these units consisted of liburnarii from distinct legions. At first, the word liburna meant a very particular type of small warship, but in the course of time it became synonymous with a warship in general. As a result, in the late Roman period the crews of warships are called liburnarii. According to the Notitia Dignitatum four legions were provided with such liburnarii: the legio II, legio X, legio XIV and legio I Noricorum. Except for the legio I Noricorum, which was first recruited at the end of the 3^rd century, the other units are old ones, whose bases in the 2^nd and 3^rd century are known. Drawing conclusions from the information in the Notitia Dignitatum as to the conditions in earlier times, we have the following picture: In Noricum the Danube was controlled by ships of the legio II Italica, which since 172/173 lay in Lauriacum. At the end of the 3^rd century it receivedhelp from a squadron of the legio I Noricorum in Favianis. For Pannonia superior this task was carried out by the 10^th legion in Vindobona and the 14^th legion in Carnuntum. In both provinces the Danube formed the border of the Empire, but, apparently, the naval squadrons of the legions were sufficient for surveilling the border, perhaps, because the border at this point was considered by the Romans as less threatened.

There is also evidence of military squadrons from legions for provinces in which a river did not form the Empire's border. For instance, in Niš one finds the funerary inscription of L. Cassius Candidus, a soldier of the legio VII Claudia in Viminacium in Moesia superior. Before his death he was discens epibetarum. During the Roman Empire epibeta is a very rarely used term for a member of the fleet. It particularly describes the marines, as opposed to military personnel endowed with nautical tasks. The inscription is generally dated to the late 2^nd or 3^rd century, thus belonging to a period in which Moesia superior was no longer a border province. Since, however, a river cannot be blockaded in the same manner as a land border and the Danube in particular possessed supraregional importance, the surveillance of the Danube remained a military operation even after the setting up of the province of Dacia.

A similar situation is known on the Rhine in Upper Germany. The anchor with a mark of the 16^th legion, which during the Claudian period was stationed in Mainz, and the gravestone of a shipbuilder from the 22^nd legion from the late 1^st or early 2^nd century belong to a period when rivers here, too, firstly the Rhine, then the Neckar, formed the imperial border. The same cannot be said of the two soldiers of the 22^nd legion, who as optiones navaliorum superintended the legion's own wharves. Both belong to the late 2^nd century, when the forward limes had already been constructed.
The assumption that the 22^nd legion only possessed cargo vessels during this period is negated by one of their tile-stamps from the 2^nd or 3^rd century. Beneath the legion's name one can clearly recognise a warship with concave prow and many rowers. As in the case of Moesia superior, we must assume for Germania superior, too, that the Romans employed military ships on the large rivers, irrespective of the border situation, without us today knowing their special tasks.

The naval squadron of the 22^nd legion became again extremely necessary in the period following 260, after the area east of the Rhine had been abandoned. This made the Rhine the Empire's border again, the west bank of which was well fortified with a chain of forts. At the confluence of important tributaries on the eastern bank there were small outposts, the so-called burgi, which could only be reached by ship. The enclosure walls were built out into the rivers and so formed a small harbour. The ships Mainz 1-5 from the late 3^rd and 4^th century belong to this historical context. Whereas the ships 1 and 2 as well as 4 and 5 belong to a very narrow, rapid type, ship Schiff 3 is a broad, short vessel. Both types were reproduced in accordance with the original and are exhibited in the Museum für Antike Schiffahrt in Mainz.

Reconstruction Mainz A is based upon the scientific analysis of ships Mainz 1 und 5. Accordingly, it produced in the reconstruction a roughly 21 m long, very narrow ship with a length-to-width-ratio of 8:1 which could be both rowed as well as sailed. Thanks to the favourable form these ships could reach high speeds. The keel is flat and hardly stands out from the bottom. The 35 man crew consisted of 32 rowers - 16 on each side one behind the other - two men for the sails and a helmsman. The distance between the thole-pins is 95 cm, a measure conforming to the classical tradition, according to which oarsmen should sit at such a distance, in order not to impede one another.

The remains of the prow surviving from Ship 5 suggests that the ships of this type possessed the inswinging prow of a warship. The steering apparatus is formed by a beam running transverse through the ship serving as a support for both the rudders. Because of their high speed, ships of this type served most probably as troop-ships. Possibly, the crew of such a ship also served as the guard in the small burgi on the east bank of the Rhine.

Reconstruction Mainz B embodies a broader and shorter type of ship. Its reconstruction is based upon Ship Mainz 3. The fore, which had not been preserved, was restored according to the model of a ship from the Treasure of Rethel in France. This vessel, too, could be rowed and sailed. The narrow stern and the ratio of length to width of 5:1 show it to have been a military ship.

Unlike reconstruction Mainz A, reconstruction Mainz B possesses a covered deck in the stern. The midships with an outrigger on both sides offered room for only 14 oarsmen, 7 on each side. Thus, it was much slower as a troop-ship. Most probably it was used as a patrol vessel, where speed was not so important as regular appearance, as is documented by a report of Ammianus Marcellinus. Although the literary sources are silent about how the surveillance of the border in Upper Germany was organised in the second half of the 3^rd and the 4^th century, the ships themselves offer conclusive evidence: it was the task of the legion at Mainz for which it was equipped with its own naval squadron.

The province Raetia on the Danube also possessed a riverine border. Here one can see that not only legions must have had their own naval squadrons, but auxiliary units, too. In 1994 members of the Museum of Ancient Shipping in Mainz were able to excavate two Roman ships (Oberstimm 1 and 2) at the auxiliary fort of Oberstimm. In their shape they resemble the rapid troop-ship from Mainz, but they are constructed completely in a Mediterranean technique. The planks display mortise-and-tenon joints, for building materials one used fir for the planking and oak only for the keel and frames. As with the ships from Mainz, they could be rowed and sailed. However, they were a little shorter and intended for a crew of only 21 or 19 men. Particularly through the narrow stern and the ratio of length to width of 6:1 they can definitely be identified as military vessels.

According to dendrochronological analysis the ships were built in the late Domitianic or Trajanic period. By A.D. 118 at the latest they had been decommissioned and used to strengthen the river-bank, as piles of a revetment from this year had pierced both ships. These, too, had been used for surveilling the river, as the construction of the Raetian limes had not been completed by the Trajanic period. Against this backdrop a patrol of the river seems very sensible. Since in this period no legion was stationed in Raetia, the ships from Oberstimm must have belonged to an auxiliary unit.

In summary, one can therefore say that fleets and naval squadrons were eminently important, both during campaigns for securing supplies and for troop transport, as well as for surveillance of large rivers, whether they formed the Empire's border or whether they represented merely regional traffic routes. As a result, even after the Battle of Actium, the Roman emperors could not dispense with their navy.

Source – NAVIS I

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Suite à la demande d’un de mes lecteurs, l’article de la semaine est dédié aux tribus peuplant l’Est du Rhin que les Romains nommaient " Germains ".

Les Germains ne connaissant pas l’écriture et ayant encore moins de contact que les Celtes avec les Grecs et les Latins, peu d’éléments de leur culture nous sont parvenus.

Ils ne font leur apparition dans le monde latin qu’à partir du IIe siècle av. J.-C.. D’importantes vagues migratoires provenant des profondes forêts germaniques se rependent progressivement sur le territoire celtique, notamment en Gaule et provoque des effets de " domino " en chassant les Celtes de leurs terres.

Ces mouvements de population et les conflits qui éclatent entre Celtes et Germains inquiètent les Romains, qui voient d’un mauvais oeil ces bandes armées déferler au nord de leurs frontières et menacer leurs colonies celtiques.

Vers -110 Rome se décide à porter assistance à ses alliés du nord. Mais les premières batailles sont un désastre pour les légions.
Le spectre du sac de Rome par les Gaulois au IVe siècle av. J.-C. ressurgit.

Un général, Caius Marius, aux idées novatrices et controversées est placé à la tête de l’armée. Il entreprend de profondes réformes des légions en créant une armée de professionnels.
En -102, Marius écrase les Germains non loin d’Aix-en-Provence sur une montagne que l’on nommera plus tard " Sainte Victoire " en mémoire de ce jour glorieux.

Mais les invasions ne cessèrent pas pour autant.

En -58 une nouvelle invasion sur les territoires actuels de la Suisse, pousse les Helvetes à migrer.
Cette migration déclenche une guerre inter celtique qui poussera une nouvelle fois les légions romaines à intervenir. À leur tête se trouve un jeune général ambitieux : Caius Julius, plus connu sous le nom de César.

César est le premier à avoir réellement décrit les moeurs des Celtes, mais aussi des Germains, qu’il sera également amené à combattre.

Pour les Romains, les Germains - encore plus que les Celtes - sont la personnification même des " barbares ".
Ils ont un aspect farouche et effrayant : des colosses, bien plus grand et robuste que les peuples de méditerranée.
Ce sont de très bons cavaliers maniant de grandes épées ou des haches de guerre.
Contrairement aux Celtes qui sont sédentaires et d’excellents fermiers, les Germains sont des pasteurs nomades qui refusent de s’installer définitivement dans un lieu afin de ne pas succomber à la tentation du droit de propriété (source, selon eux, de conflits fratricide).
Ils n’ont pas de Druide comme les Celtes, mais pratiquent un polythéisme issu de la culture Scandinave et voue un véritable culte à la guerre.

César réussit à repousser les Germains à l’Est du Rhin, mais prend conscience que les légions ne pourront pas les vaincre sur leurs propres terres. Les forêts de Germanie sont bien trop denses pour les légions entrainées à manoeuvrer en rase campagne.

Rome adopte à l’égard des Germains une politique de confinement qui vise à les contenir derrière une frontière fortifiée : les limes.

Au cours des siècles, l’Empire affrontera à de nombreuses reprises les Germains.
Certaines tribus seront finalement soumises ou s’allieront aux Romains.
De nombreux mercenaires ou auxiliaires seront engagés dans les légions, notamment comme cavalier.

En 476, l’Empire est divisé et complètement affaibli.
Des Germains - de la tribu des Skires - entrent finalement à Rome et déposent le dernier Empereur de Rome.

C’est la fin de l’Antiquité et le début du Moyen-Âge.

Pendant 200 ans, l’Europe va connaitre de nombreuses migrations germaniques que l'on nommera plus tard " les grandes invasions ".

De nouveaux royaumes sont fondés sur les cendres de l’Empire romain.
Sur une grande partie de l’ancienne Gaule s’installent les " Francs " qui joueront un rôle central dans la fondation du royaume de France !

cree-a-tor lets pixy use his poems it will: help you gain some cree-a-tor knowledge --- thats something i bet alot of you might like to do ------- " WITH IN " ------- TWO BLUE EYES STARE AT EMPTY---- SPACE A FOCAL POINT ELUDES ---- SHADOWS PLAY ME THE FOOL --- WAVES OF SILENCE BREAK --- ON A UNKNOWN SHORE --- CAPTURED BY A SHELL ON TIMES BEACH --- CURRENTS OF AIR BILLOW -- TWIST AND TURN --- LEGIONS OF LIGHT CIRCLE DANCE ---- A FORMLESS GLOW OF ENDLESS BLUE LIGHT - COMFORTS AND GUIDES ANOTHER TRAVELER ---IN FLIGHT THE CREE-A-TOR Alright here it goes --- There is ONE { 1 } count it --- one and only one day ---- just for a second --- pick anything ,right now that you are capable of making , a little more than a sandwich --- lets say a chair ---- now if you start at 6 am ,when will you have a finished chair ?---- Well I am going to tell any one who will listen, that you made a certain chair in 4 seconds ---- and that you said it is good --- now you wanted to part the chair make it flirmament [ ???????? ] , so you did , an then you decided the chair was a good flirmament --- and said let there be chair flirmament --- so there was chair flirmament,-- and this was the first day --- then there appeared snow , upon your nose and your second toe , --- and you said this is good --- and your leg began twitching under the snow -- you said it was good --- but there was snow in the chair flirmament -- so god divided the chair flirmament from the snow --- and you called the snow , lamp --- so you made lamp chair flirmament --- and this was the second day ----- Now does this make any sense at all --- I AM SUCH A RESPLENDED WRITER AND IF I DESTROY ALL EXISTING WORDS AND REPLACE THEM WITH MINE THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING US --- Well there are other things I could write about this chair , which you never made --- we could find a chair someone else made and attach my words to it --- but why would we want to ???? Well lets see ,first lets make sure there will be no way for anyone to know it isnt your chair --- I know what to do,lets make a story , a history of the chair ---make a war so anyone who might know of the chair will be a unable to do anything or find out what we are doing --- we would have to also make sure there are no other stories out there anywhere -- about any chair --- just in case --- lets besides destroying all information about chairs and any generations who may know of them --- lets, some how make ourselves , chair authoritys --- maybe we should start a kind of chair group --- we could pass onto new members some chair knowledge , we could ask for money because of ,or in the name of the chair--- WOW i am getting chills --- just think if we did it RIGHT we would be able to promote the chair --- we could say it has powers that let it control everything --- we could make some special chair rules --- for everyone to obey --- we could call them leaves given to KEEPLEFT from THE CHAIR , instead of rules -----then a we could separate from you and me --- and make you glovernment and i will call myself knower of all else forever ---- What do you think ???? Its never been done so it will work great --- OH!!!! Lets call it the THE CHAIR GREAT WORK --- I guess i will go get started on the history story --- why dont you get started on the war thing --- and if we bring in those big mouth brothers --- we can promise them a bunch of stuff if they destroy all chair stuff in any history-- we will tell them a story that will scare them enough that they will do what we tell them the chair ordered --- and lets make sure we are the only ones the chair will tell anything to ---well i will mention all this in the history story -- that way there will be proof --- if i start the story far back enough --- no one will ever even consider , its a bunch of fucking bullshit and we are lying completely out our asses ----- i can see it -- we are going to get rich off alot of people ------------------------------------- AND WE WELL BE DOING ALL THIS FOR THEIR OWN GOOD -------- IN THE NAME OF THE CHAIR ---------------------- THANKS PIXY AND THE CREE-A-TOR WELL I HAVE TOTALLY DECIDED WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS PAGE AND A HALF, OF SHIT I'VE WRITTEN SO FAR INTO THE ULTIMATE WORD OF THE CHAIR , WRITTEN IN THE FLIRMENT WHERE EYE CAN ALWAYS SEE YOU --- BUT YOU ARENT ALLOWED TO EVER SEE ME , UNLESS YOU DROPPED ... A LOAD...??? EVEN IF YOU COULD SEE ME , WHICH I WILL WORK IT ALL OUT AS I WRITE. ---------------------------------- THANKS PIXY AND THE CREE-A-TOR -------------------You know sometimes you just dont have a choice you want to choose, so many times it gets pretty tight, to the point of , being forced to choose who you will be harming the worst. I am positive if the circumstances were different , the choices would be different. We have been going over it and over it, I am positive alot of things people do, their actions,words,feelings the things that you kick yourself in the ass about, well you had no options. We dont want to give excuses for anything or everything, but maybe we can show a tiny reason or two. What I am about to tell you has been some of the hardest stuff I have had to translate, for my understanding. Now I am going to try and translate that translation to you. I get this stuff in the strangest ways , some is like you would leave a footprint or dent. Some comes like pictures , but usually the pictures are of things I have never seen. some stuff , just pops in. So here we go--- The most powerful thing we have and have ever had are swords [ words ] ..now given the fact that the correct letters were screwed with , we dont care by who or when or why--- it makes no difference . We do care about what that might possibly be reasponsible for --- the adam ,the famous one of the bible.. is correctly written ATOM . Now I am very limited in academic education , also of the things most of you know, but I am sure if some really smart people, scientists, bible experts, rocket scientists , people with some kind of degree or something. -- If they would just all try to apply ATOM and how it works to the story in the bible it would work much better than thinking some poor joker named adam way back in the day did all the stuff, that the ATOM probably actually does. --- It could possibly even make some kind of sense out of the friggin book --- if I knew how to go about checking it out , I would try to see if the bible might be a science book. -- and maybe some of the science stuff would go with the story of creation. -- I dont think any one would care if it helpped clear up a few things. Also about this seven day thing --- it is all the same day -- when you go making the same day be yesterdays and tomarrows, your confussing everything --- if not for yesterday and tomarrow , we would be as we are today. Its the same day it just gets darker for a minute, --- and if all the unnatural light was turned off, it wouldnt be that dark either --- back to the word thing -- if you do something that is wrong exactly how are you suppose to right it ? There are probably is an opposite to everything -- so if you have a right you have a left, and if you have now a wrong also --- just where do you get an extra right ? If you have a sin where are you going to get an unsin at ? If the correct word is used, -- one that did its job --- you are incorrect -- you can fix it by being correct --- not only can you fix it, you arent stuck with a sin or a wrong anything. Also you can pin down the elusive wrongful sinning you have going on --- Well thats as far as I can go for now --- THE CREE-A-TOR and me are getting alittle zombied right now. I am going to go ahead an get this out --- I will go back over it when I can focus better. ------------ --- THANKS PIXY AND THE CREE-A-TOR

Alexandre le Grand, alors en guerre contre les tribus du nord de la Grèce, reçoit des ambassadeurs celtes, venus de lointaines contrées que les Grecs nomment "barbare".
Le grand Roi est intrigué par ces hommes à l'apparence farouche. Il leur demande alors ce qu'il redoute le plus au monde, espérant bien qu'ils répondent que c'est lui. Mais les Celtes lui rétorque que s'ils mettent au-dessus de tout l'amitié d'un homme tel que lui, ils ne craignent en fait qu'une seule chose : que le ciel ne leur tombe sur la tête !
Alexandre séduit, leur offre son amitié et conclut une alliance avec eux.

Ne connaissant aucune unité politique, la civilisation celtique est en réalité constituée d'une myriade de peuples aux cultures similaires se répandent des colonnes d'Hercule jusqu'aux rives du Danube. La présence celte est attestée sur les territoires actuels de l'Espagne, du Portugal, de la France, du Royaume-Uni, de la Suisse, du nord de l'Italie, de l'Autriche et une partie de l'Allemagne. Leur origine est très ancienne et se perd dans la nuit des temps, probablement issue des premiers peuplements européens par les hommes.

Les Celtes ne connaissaient pas l'écriture ou très peu. Quelques Celtes ont appris l'écriture grecque, notamment au contact de Massalia (Marseille). Mais, peu de textes rédigés par les Celtes nous sont parvenus. Les Celtes sont apparus dans l'Histoire au travers de textes postérieurs, rédigés principalement par leurs ennemis et en particulier par Jules César entre -58 et -52 dans son ouvrage "la guerre des gaules".

Les "Barbares", comme les nommes les Grecs et les Romains, sont par conséquent en grande partie connu pour leur caractère belliqueux et leur réputation de féroce guerrier. Rome se méfie de ces dangereux voisins qui ont saccagé et pillé la ville à l'époque où la république était encore jeune. Les stratèges romains font dresser des cartes de ces terra incognita. Ils découperont l'Europe celtique et plusieurs territoires : la péninsule Ibérique, la Gaule, la Belgique, la Britanie, la Germanie, etc..

En -58, Jules César est gouverneur de la Gaule cisalpine ( nord de l'Italie) et transalpine (sud-est de la France). À la tête de 4 légions, il intervient dans un conflit qui oppose plusieurs tribus gauloises. C'est le début de la guerre des gaules qui poussera progressivement les Romains à soumettre l'ensemble des nations celtiques.

Les légions doivent affronter de puissants guerriers à l'apparence terrifiante. Les Celtes sont, du point de vue des Romains, de vrais colosses. Ils portent les cheveux et une barbe longue, combattent nus ou quasiment nus et se recouvrent le corps de peinture de guerre bleue. Ils utilisent également de puissantes trompettes au son discordant dans le but d'effrayer leurs ennemies.
Les guerriers affectionnent particulièrement le combat à cheval ou aux rennes d'un char de guerre. Du fait de leur grande maitrise des métaux, ils emploient de puissantes armes, notamment de grandes épées à deux mains.

Toutefois, les Celtes sont des guerriers rebelles et insoumis. Leur esprit belliqueux qui effraie tant leurs ennemis finira par causer leurs pertes. Les légions n'affrontent pas une armée, mais un groupe de guerriers se battant chacun pour sa gloire personnelle. Malgré leur supériorité numérique et leur valeur au combat, les Celtes seront défaits par les stratèges romains et leurs armées de professionnels disciplinés. Vercingétorix, le célèbre chef gaulois de la tribu des Arvernes, tentera de fédérer les nations de gaules afin de chasser l'envahisseur. Il sera tout de même vaincu à Alésia en -52, puis exécuté à Rome lors du triomphe de César.

Finalement, les Gaulois et leurs cousins celtes seront contrait d'accepter la Pax Romana et de déposer les armes. Mais leur expérience guerrière ne sera pas perdue. Les Romains les recruteront en masse dans les légions, particulièrement comme auxiliaire de cavalerie. Les nouveaux maitres de l'Europe profiteront également du savoir exceptionnel de leurs anciens ennemis dans la forge des métaux. C'est ainsi que la cotte de maille par exemple sera intégrée aux équipements des soldats et connaitra un franc succès même au-delà de Rome et jusqu'à la fin du moyen âge.

De façon générale, Rome n'a jamais complètement "romanisé" le monde celtique. La culture et les traditions ont perduré à travers les âges jusqu'aujourd'hui. Loin de l'image du barbare sanguinaire qu'ont voulu leur prêter leurs ennemis, les Celtes ont fait preuves d'une culture riche et d'un artisanat exceptionnel, notamment dans le travail d'orfèvrerie.

Il est communément admis que la civilisation européenne est basée sur la culture latine et grecque, mais il me semble plus juste d'ajouter la culture celtique comme troisième support à notre héritage.

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 The rumors that have been dominating the evening and cable news channels for the last few weeks have now been confirmed. Ervin Shlopnick has thrown his hat into the political ring and has decided to run for president of the United States. He started off just wanting to run for president of the “Skank Hole” strip club and orphanage. But once it was explained to him that if he ran the country he could have free tokens to whatever strip club he wanted. Ervin replied, “That would be OK too I guess.”       

But who is this man, This Ervin Shlopnick? What we do know is that he is a self-made Barnyard porn mogul and chronic masturbater.

He was recently asked by CNN about his qualifications to be president and his platform.

 CNN Reporter: What does a barnyard porn mogul have to offer to this country as its president?

 Ervin S: I’m glad you asked that. You see the country is like a crack whore, a crack whore who needs a fix really bad. Without barnyard porn this crack whore would have to resort to crime to get the money she needs to keep her habit in check. This in-turn could hurt one of our fine citizens or illegal aliens. But with barnyard porn this slut now has some place to turn to make money, legal money. By simply pleasing a donkey long enough so it can ejaculate on her face. Now the crack whore has her money, the donkey is happy and several barnyard porn junkies have beat-off and stopped their urge to go out and molest the neighbor’s cat. You see everybody wins… Even the cats.

 

 CNN Reporter: What would you do about Iraq? 

 Ervin S: I’m very happy you ask that. You see I’ve been to Iraq and I can tell you first hand that they are decades ahead of us in the making of barnyard porn. Some of the best camel toe can be found in Iraq. 

 

 CNN Reporter: What can you do about the high gas prices this country is faces with today?

 Ervin S: I’m jumping up and down on my chair because of the excitement I have for that question. What we need is a way to lower the prices of fuel. It would have to be a way that we could pay less but at the same time not pay too much. Fuel is important because we need it to make cars and trucks go. It’s like a magic bean or something, you just put it in and for some reason cars respond to it. I plan on creating an advisory committee to meet with the car and truck legions to see if we could capture some and dissect them to figure out what makes them go and how we could use it to make better barnyard porn.

 

CNN Reporter: What would you do the first 100 days in office?

 Ervin S: That is such a great question I think I just crapped myself. I’d have to try to see how long I could hold my breath. After that I would cook up a few pot-pies and play “slap-my-weener” with the old lady. Did I mention I have a Skin condition? Would you like to see it? Let me drop my pants, bend over and spread my cheeks apart.  

 

 CNN Reporter: You’re a very private man, could you tell us a little bit of personal information about you and your family?

 Ervin S: If you weren’t a woman I’d kiss you right on the lips for asking that question.

I was born to Wally and Erma Shlopnick of Regurgitation Falls Iowa, in1953.

 

In high school I was a champion track star for the Dominican Republic.

 

My first job was a limo driver in Texas.

 

That is where I met and dated Jacqueline Kennedy for a while. Great woman, but for our first day she wore this pink number with red spots all over it. It just didn’t seam to work for her. I also could not get over pulling brain matter out of my mouth every time we kissed.

  

From there I went on to be a top secrete super duper astronaut spy, and served in the secret moon base on Mars. 

 

That is where I met my future wife. Commander,  NaNa Untah Babble Poo Poo

After 4 straight days of uninterrupted anal carnage, hide the foreign objects contest, cross dressing greased up old people wrestling and My Little Pony porn, I knew this was the woman for me and we married. Soon after we had our daughter Amaaaaaaaaaanda.

In 2006 I went to Germany and helped East-Germans escape to West Germany.

 

 CNN Reporter: Thank you so very much for this insight to the man that is you. Do you have any final statement you would like to make?

 Ervin S: Thank you for hiring a slutty Girl Scout den mother to massage my balls while we talked. In closing I’d like to say that the American people need to take time and look at the candidates that are running for this post. They need to look at their records and what they have done in the past. They need to look at our beliefs in America and our conduct in and out of office. They need to look at our family life and our official lives to see if we are making them both work. After looking at all these things it is then they need to decide which one of these candidates could help them most in a full frontal nudity, cream corn wrestling match that is called America.

 We here at Hot Lard want to be the first to announce our Support for Ervin Shlopnick’s bid for President. In the next several weeks and months leading to the election we will be displaying posters for Mr. Shlopnick in support for his bid to be president.

This final poster we have left blank, the Ervin Shlopnick for President Campaign Committee asks that our fellow American (And some of you fun loving foreigners) please take it and create one of your own. Then send it back to us and we will display it here on Hot Lard.

Thank you and God Bless America

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Latvija, lūk, atļāvusi "nacionālsociālistu gājienu" Rīgā 16. martā.

Ja nu Lavrova kungs ir "mucā audzis un pa spundi barots", tad lai nemāca tos, kas bez viņa palīdzības zina patieso vēsturi. Mūsu ārlietu ministram noteikti būtu jāiesniedz Krievijai ass protests, kurā būtu jāatgādina, ka vienīgi sarkanajā armijā visiem komandieriem vajadzēja būt komunistu partijā, bet vācu vērmahtā un SS karaspēka daļās vienīgi Vācijas pilsoņi varēja būt nacionālsociālistu partijā. Latviešu leģionam un nacionālsociālismam nav nekā kopīga, izņemot vienu vienīgo – cīņu pret boļševismu.

Bet arī šajā jautājumā Lavrova kungam nav ieteicams "spļaut spogulī tāpēc, ka pašam ģīmis greizs". Latvijas Republika nemudināja PSRS un Vāciju uz sadarbību Molotova–Ribentropa pakta ietvaros. PSRS pati izvēlējās kļūt par agresoru nr. 1 Somijā, Lietuvā, Igaunijā un Latvijā. Vienīgi Polijā PSRS pirmā agresora laurus atstāja Hitleram.

Nav latviešu pienākums nodot šo PSRS agresiju aizmirstībai. Bet bija mūsu pienākums un tiesības cīnīties pret sarkanajiem fašistiem, kuri nodevīgā kārtā okupēja Latviju un iznīcināja tās valstiskumu. Un kas visļaunākais – PSRS genocīdu Latvijā pamatoja ar KPFSR Kriminālkodeksa pantiem. Tātad arī tagadējā Krievija ir līdznoziegusies pret Baltijas tautām. Un tas ir paliekošs kauna traips, ko nav nomazgājuši tagadējie Krievijas valdnieki, kas prot tikai melot un draudēt, bet nekā neprot atvainoties, lai radītu kaut jel kādu pamatu izlīgumam.

A. Kavacis, Latvijas Avīze

Saeima savas darbības laikā ir pieņēmusi virkni dokumentu, kas skar Latvijas vēstures traģiskākās lappuses. Nozīmīgākie ir 1996. gadā pieņemtā deklarācija par okupāciju, kā arī 1998. gadā pieņemtā deklarācija par latviešu leģionāriem otrajā pasaules karā. Minētajos dokumentos norādīts gan uz Latvijas okupācijas faktu, gan arī uz daļas Latvijas pilsoņu centieniem atgūt valstisko neatkarību un aizsargāties pret atkārtotu staļiniskās Padomju savienības okupāciju. Kā viena no būtiskākajām pretestības formām minēta Latviešu leģions.

Citējam LR Saeimas pieņemto deklarāciju „Par latviešu leģionāriem Otrajā pasaules karā”; „Leģionā iesaukto un brīvprātīgi iestājušos karavīru mērķis bija nosargāt Latviju no staļiniskā režīma atjaunošanas. Viņi nekad nav piedalījušies hitleriešu soda akcijās pret mierīgajiem iedzīvotājiem. Latviešu leģions līdzīgi Somijas armijai karoja nevis pret antihitlerisko koalīciju, bet gan tikai pret vienu tās dalībvalsti - PSRS, kas attiecībā pret Somiju un Latviju bija agresors. Kad Vācijas bruņoto spēku virspavēlniecība mēģināja sūtīt leģionārus kaujās pret ASV, Lielbritānijas un Francijas bruņotajiem spēkiem, visi leģiona virsnieki un karavīri no tā kategoriski atteicās. Tāpēc Rietumu sabiedrotās valstis - ASV, Lielbritānija un Francija jau 1946.gadā noskaidroja latviešu un igauņu leģiona jautājumu un piešķīra leģionāriem politisko bēgļu statusu. ASV pārstāvniecība 1950.gadā atkārtoti deklarēja: "Baltijas Waffen SS vienības (Baltijas leģioni) pēc sava mērķa, ideoloģijas, darbības un karavīru kvalifikācijas uzskatāmas par īpašām, no vācu SS atšķirīgām vienībām."”

Vēršam jūsu uzmanību uz faktu, ka 1998. gadā Saeima pieņēma lēmumu atzīmējamo dienu sarakstā iekļaut 16. martu  - Latviešu leģiona atceres dienu. Šīs dienas atzīmēšana aizsākta jau 1952. gadā, kad rietumvalstīs pastāvošā, leģionāru izveidotā organizācija „Daugavas Vanagi” to pieņēma par leģionāru atceres dienu. Latvijā šī diena ir tikusi atzīmēta kopš Atmodas laika. Leģionāru atceres pasākumos ir piedalījušās arī augstākās valsts amatpersonas. Leģionā atceres pasākumi – it īpaši atceres gājiens, ir norisinājušies katru gadu, neskatoties uz valdošo politisko nostādņu maiņu un 16. marta svītrošanas no atzīmējamo dienu saraksta. Leģionāru atceres pasākumu popularitāte pieaug ar katru gadu, kas apliecina šīs dienas pieaugošo nozīmi latviešu vēsturiskajai apziņai un identitātei.

Vēlamies norādīt, ka šī diena ir būtiska lielai daļai latviešu, jo, tā kā latviešu leģionāru skaits būtiski pārsniedza 100 000 vīru, grūti atrast ģimeni, kurai neviens tuvāks vai tālāks radinieks nebūtu bijis leģiona rindās.

Ņemot vērā augšminētos faktus, aicinām Saeimu atzīmējamo dienu sarakstā atkārtoti iekļaut 16.martu  - Latviešu leģiona atceres dienu.

Jānis Krūmiņš  Daugavas Vanagi Latvijā
Edgars Skreija Latvijas nacionālo karavīru biedrība
Ojārs Stefans Latvijas nacionālo partizānu apvienība
Andris Balcers vīru kopa "Vilki"
Raivis Dzintars partija "Visu Latvijai"
Edgars Dārznieks Militārās tuvcīņas un vēstures apvienība "Tēvijas Sargi"
Jānis Sils Latviešu nacionālistu klubs 415

Vīzentāla centrs nosoda gadskārtējo leģionāru pasākumu 

Birks nav piedalījies 16. marta pasākumos pie Brīvības pieminekļa 

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Latviešu leģionāru kara laikā nēsātās SS zīmotnes bieži vien izmanto kā argumentu retorikā par viņiem kā nacistu līdzskrējējiem. Tajā pašā laikā dažādas izcelsmes – vācu, amerikāņu un pat krievu – kara laika dokumenti liecina par bieži vien saspīlētām un pat naidīgām attiecībām latviešu un vācu karavīru starpā. Lasīt...

Ministrs ir gandarīts par Rīgas domes atbildīgas komisijas lēmumu atļaut tikai vienai no organizācijām rīkot pasākumu pie Brīvības pieminekļa. Viņš paredzēja, ka organizācijas, kurām pasākumu rīkošana tika liegta, šo lēmumu pārsūdzēs tiesā. Segliņš pauda cerību, ka arī tiesa pieņems atbildīgu lēmumu.

Ministrs uzsvēra, ka daļa informācijas attiecībā par 16.marta pasākumiem ir klasificēta un viņš to nevar izpaust, taču policijas rīcībā ir informācija, ka, atļaujot visām organizācijām rīkot plānotos pasākumus pie Brīvības pieminekļa, iespējamas sadursmes starp pretēju uzskatu paudējiem.

Kā ziņots, Rīgas domes Sapulču, gājienu un piketu pieteikumu izskatīšanas komisija nolēma neatļaut rīkot četrus no pieciem pasākumiem, kurus bija plānots rīkot 16.martā pie Brīvības pieminekļa, žurnālistus informēja Rīgas pilsētas izpilddirektors Andris Grīnbergs.

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