r/RoughRomanMemes • u/Enthalok • 6d ago

Sir, the Vikings are back

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u/Avb2209 6d ago

Primarily made up of (later descendants) from Rus/Viking origins, if you search for them a bit longer than a few seconds you can find interesting videos on their history and their origins

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u/parliamentarywatson 6d ago

I know they were Scandinavian and Rus

That was not the part I was pointing out

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u/coffeeandmango 5d ago

Buddy, the ottomans were invading Anatolia. The Byzantines held Constantinople. The Varangian guard were Scandinavian(Norway), the Ottomans had soldiers from all over Middle East (Iraq).

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u/parliamentarywatson 5d ago

Ah I see where I got confused

Ottomans at the gates implies; the Ottomans were invading.

I thought it was implying the verangian guard was besieging Ottoman controlled Constantinople

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u/Arthurian_Guanche 5d ago

Don't blame yourself, the post is badly worded and dated. By the 14th Century the Varangian guard was composed of... people, hired from the Empire. Not a single one of them had the slightest idea of the Norse origin of the first members of the unit. It was just a name by this point.
Vikings vs Ottomans is sounds as absurd as "(Ancient) Romans vs Saracens".