Oh yeah I hope my post didn’t come off as sounding like I had a clue what Jim does or doesn’t know about them because that wasn’t my intention.
I’m going to edit my post to say possible connection. Probably should have had that there first anyways.
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Not at all mate. I was just piggybacking off your post with thoughts on internet “truth” in general. It’s a catch 22 really.
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Good call. They were not united but if they were they would have carved out one hell of an empire.
The Vikings were spanked by the Arabs when they tired to plunder the Spanish coast.
The Varangian Guard was made up of Scandinavians more because of loyalty concerns than prowess in pitched battle. Eventually there were more Anglo-Saxons than Norsemen in the Varangian Guard.