Such cross-border raids were a common during the first ~300 years of the Roman Empire, assaulting hostile Germanic chieftains or supporting Germanic chieftains allied to Rome. Distinction between combatant and noncombatant was rarely made.

  • @SteveNashFan
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    33 days ago

    Barbarism is only a stone’s throw in our past.

    Let’s hope that stone wasn’t a boomerang…