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Well for one the Germanic tribes (Batavians are a special case) did not have professional militaries, the soldiers were just armed men, the Batavians included, the only reason that Civilis has 10,000 armed, trained and disciplined soldiers at his disposal was because of the Romans, so when there...

I would assume that he liberated Valencia because of the reconquista and that he, or his king, wanted to expell the muslims from the Iberian Penninsula...?

It's funny how I live in Valencia but barely know anything about the local history, why would el Cid create a Valencian empire though, wasn't it just another liberated province?

And if anyone is wondering where all the of the "edits" are for, I have been spell checking my replies.

I changed a bit of Chapter 2, making it a little more ethical. And as a comment for nlspeed and Monty Burns, you guys wore saying how the things he wanted to do were not possible, like I said in my various replies, they weren't neccesarily going to happen. Anyways, here is chapter 3, I wrote...

Alright, that is quite interesting, and it did help me, thank you. I'm sure that the Batavians knew about the ships since many of them did serve locally. Wikipedia however, states that the Batavians had their own "fleet" that had several small naval battles with Romans all across the Rhine...

Thank you again for your input, and yeah, the cards/parchment are probably not going to happen :P And I like your idea of the military ferries, but were talking about swamps and rivers here, the bridges were more to make communication easier rather than to provide citizens a better way of...

I never said it would happen, I only said Civilis would like it to happen. And with more bridges and roads, I just meant the occasional bridge here and there and more paved roads so that communication would be easier. And judging how Vespasian and Civilis did get along with eachother, Roman help...

Well, I wasn't planning on just making identity cards, but I read that some Romans, the higher classes especially, did have parchments that served like ID cards do today. Julius Civilis lived in Rome for nearly his whole adult life, and was an optemist to say the least. I'm simply trying to get...

Chapter 2: The Kingdom of Batavia by Gaius Cornelius Tacticus. It was said that when Julius Civilis and his company arrived back in Germania Inferior they were welcomed back as heroes and huge feasts of legendary proportions were held in every town, and that the Germanics celebrated their...

He wouldn't have to revive the threads, he could learn from just reading the thousands of posts in the thousands of WWII WIs.

Well if say a 100,000 protestant/calvinist Dutchmen are exiled to South Africa, and the Spanish are able to transport them there unhindered, and most of them survive the journey over there, there would still be the problems of the lack of supplies from Europe, diseases and native raiding, all of...

Since Julius Civilis had lived in Rome for many years, and was greatly impressed with Hellenstic civilization, I think that he'll start "romanizing" his new land, the rest is a secret :)

Sorry for the update coming so late (if you or anyone was following it specificly), I had hit writer's block as I had debated with myself to make it a narrative by Tacticus, a story as with dialogue and characters, or just time-lineals posts. Any comments and criticism are much appreciated...

Chapter 1: The Negotiations by Gaius Cornelius Tacticus. On the 21st of December, 69, Titus Flavius Vespasianus was declared the ninth emperor of Rome and started his reign facing several problems such as the Batavian and Jewish rebellions as well as many power-hungry politicians wanting the...

Nice everyone, a lot of spies though ;) I'll go next: Name: Michiel Adriaenszoon "de Ruyter" Lived: 1607-1676 Born: Vlissingen, the United Provinces Deeds: Little is known about de Ruyter's early life apart from that he joined a the crew of an East-Indiaman at age 11, and that he joined the...

Okay thank you, you learn something everyday, eh? :)

Lol I second with the post before me, he was a truly incredible man. But as far as I know you can only serve two terms as a president, everyone on this forum speaks of third terms though :confused: wouldn't it be a sort of totalitarian thing to do? BTW, hadn't Teddy made a vow that his second...

My American history is a little bit rusty, but your talking about Teddy- Roosevelt right?

Well for one, we'd have more FIST PUMPERS today, BROSKI.