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    The Stallion & The Dragon


    http://whitenationalist.org/forum/sh...=3548#post3548
    http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthr...nd-St.-Patrick


    Niall M?r: son of Eochaidh Muigh-Meadhoin; the "U? N?ill" of Ulster, Meath, and Conacht.

    In Niall's rise to Kingship he had to overcome his wicked stepmother, Mongfhinn, who abandoned him as a baby, naked on a hill. He is raised by a wandering bard, Torna Eices. Sithchenn the Smith fortells he will be High King. Then he comes across an old hag who demands that he and his companions give her a kiss. Only Niall has the courage to do so, and she turns into a beautiful woman named Flaithius ( Royalty), the personification of sovereignty. She foretells that he will be the greatest of Ireland's High Kings.

    Niall is a very interesting historical figure, curiously enough part of his story starts in England in 1919. In that year archeologists discovered a hoard of Roman silver plate, dating from Valens (365-378) to the early reign of Honorous (395-423 AD.). This find was compared to 1,506 Roman silver coins from a 1854 excavation in County Londonderry which dated from Constantius II to Honorius. It created great debate among English historians as to how these coins were brought to England from the continent and buried. These and other finds had coins from earlier times up to Honorus, but none beyond. Including the North Mendip hoard; 2,042 coins from Constans to Honorous, there were approximately 13 finds altogether.

    Who brought these coins to England and Northern Ireland? After the Roman Emperor Theodosius I died (January 17, 385) it gave the green light to the Franks, Saxons, Picts, Scots and Irish to sack the European Continent, and they did. Honorius succeeded his father Theodosius and sent The Roman Army under the Vandal Stilicho north to take care of the raiders. Stilicho was successful in putting down the raiders on the continent, but he could not stop the raiders from Ireland [ed: and Stilicho the Vandal rarely lost a battle].

    The Roman historian Claudian makes it clear that" the most formidable onslaught had come from Ireland under one powerful leader acting in co-operation with the Picts and Saxons." Here is where we get back to Niall, the Irish Annals of the Four Masters states that "Niall began to reign in 379. He was not only the paramount king of Ireland, but one of the most powerful to ever hold that office, and was therefore one of the few Irish kings able to mobilize great forces for foreign expeditions." Niall went to Scotland in order to strengthen his power and gained alliances with the Scots and Picts, he then marched to Laegria and sent a fleet to Armorica (France) in order to plunder. He established the Dal Riada which was the name for this conglomeration of Irish, Scots and Picts. These raids led to amazing results. Keating in his History of Ireland states that "St. Patrick was brought as a captive to Ireland in the ninth year in the reign of Niall," it was this time when Niall was on his expedition to Scotland and France. An Irish fleet went to the place where Patrick dwelt, then aged 16 years, and as was the custom of the Irish, they brought a large number of hostages with them along with Patrick's two sisters Lupida and Daererca.

    Niall had pillaged Wales, Scotland, England and France. Keating also states that "Niall having taken many captives returned to Ireland and proceeded to assemble additional forces and sent word to the chief of the Dal Riada, requesting him to follow with all his host to France." Niall set out for the new adventure with Gabhran, the chief of the Del Raida, to plunder France at the river Loire. With this group was Eochaida who had been banished as the King of Leinster and had plans to be the High King of Ireland. While crossing The English Channel Niall was killed by an arrow from Eochaida.

    Niall had been High King of Ireland for twenty-seven years. Niall played a great part in breaking down Roman power in Britain and France between the years of 379 and 406. Keating states that "Wales ceased to be controlled by the central government from 380-400 due to Niall". Prof. Sir William Ridgeway states that the coins found in the excavations mentioned earlier were brought back by Niall's companions after his death and buried. And the interest created by the coins helped to make Niall a historical reality. A lot of what is now known about Niall was found while digging around to answer the questions about the coins. Niall of the Nine Hostages died a pagan, but after the dawn of Christianity in Ireland, his descendants were foremost in promoting and endowing the Christian Church in Ireland, and nearly 300 of them were canonized as Saints.


    Niall of the Nine Hostages
    http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/yd...s.php?id=niall

    Niall Noigiallach aka "Niall of the Nine Hostages" (d450/455 ad.) was one of the greatest Irish kings. He was said to have consolidated his power by leading raids on the Roman Empire, taking hostages from rival Irish royal families, Britain and the European mainland, thus earning the name Niall of the Nine Hostages? Saint Patrick was said to have been kidnapped and brought to Ireland as one of his hostages during his raids.

    Researchers indicate that there could be as many as 3 million descendents of Niall alive today. Most of his descendents are concentrated in northwest Ireland, an area where DNA testing has shown that one in every five males have inherited his Y-chromosome. Studies also that outside of Ireland, approximately one in 10 men in western and central Scotland also carry the gene, and 2% of European American New Yorkers carried it as well, likely due to the historically high rates of Irish emigration to North America.


    Thomas Hodgkins' Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire is required reading for anyone who wants to discover how cool Stilicho was, or how absolutely insane the early Christian church was.


    Last edited by 6KILLER; 12-24-2012, 08:40 PM.
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    The Battle of Pollentia

    The Battle of Pollentia
    (6 April 402 AD)


    http://whitenationalist.org/forum/sh...=7424#post7424

    A subordinate of Theodosius and a Roman foederati who had served with distinction under the Roman general Flavius Stilicho, Alaric was a powerful leader from a high-ranking Visigothic family known as the Balthi or "Good Men." The Visigoths had established themselves in Thrace, and were raiding extensively throughout Macedonia, Greece and Epirus, when the eastern Roman emperor sought to buy peace by naming Alaric the master-general of Eastern Illyricum. Using his new authority, Alaric reequipped the Visigoths from the imperial armories at Margus, Ratiaria, Naissus and Thessalonica. His success prompted the Visigothic chieftains to raise him on their shields and declare him the King of the Visigoths. Having exhausted the spoils of that region, the new King turned his people westward toward the riches of Italy.

    Meanwhile, uprisings of the Alemanni in Rhaetia and Noricum had forced Rome to strip Italy of its veteran soldiers. With no Imperial army to protect them, the timid Emperor Honorius in Milan, and the Romans of the Eternal City contemplated the approach of Alaric's horde with dismay. Alaric's Visigoths moved through Pannonia and passed the Julian Alps in late 401 AD to lay seige to Auileia and occupy the provinces of Istria and Venetia. Stilicho appeared before the Emperor, urging him to remain within the fortifications of Milan, while he recruited an army beyond the Alps. Stilicho then crossed the Alps in the dead of winter, quieting the Alemanni in Rhaetia and regrouping the Imperial troops, as well as enlisting the aid of King Saul of the Alans. Calls for reinforcements were sent out to the Roman garrisons on the Rhine and the Danube. A summons was even sent to far Britain, where the Sixth Victrix, one of two legions garrisoning the northern frontier, set forth for Italy. A veteran legion, the Sixth was described by the poet Claudian as "that legion which is stretched before the remoter Britons, which curbs the Scot, and gazes on the tattoo-marks on the pale face of the dying Pict."

    With the new year, Alaric was closing in on Milan, easily crossing the unseasonably low rivers that Stilicho had hoped would slow the Visigothic advance. Honorius panicked, and fled toward Arles, but was intercepted by Gothic patrols and forced to take shelter within the town of Asta on the banks of the River Tanarus in eastern Liguria. A Roman emperor was too great a prize to ignore, so Alaric shifted his host from Milan and put seige to Asta. His encampment was laid several miles to the south near Pollentia (modern Pollenzo), a Roman city on the west bank of the Tanarus near the junction of the road that links Asta with Augusta Taurinorum and the coastal town of Vada Sabatia. By rapid marches, Stilchio and his small vanguard was able to cut their way through the Visigothic encirclement at Asta, raising the spirits of the Emperor and bolstering the resistance of its defenders.

    Thereafter, Alaric continued the seige of Asta while the Roman forces gradually concentrated and invested the Visigothic army, building strongpoints at key points and linking fortifications to restrict Alaric's field of operations. As the noose slowly tightened, the change of fortunes prompted the Visigothic chieftains to hold council to discuss their options. Rejecting a call to retreat, Alaric rallied his chieftains, recounting their past successes against the Romans, and telling them that a voice from a Sacred Grove had whispered to him that the Visigoths would capture the great city of Rome ("penetrabis ad urbem"). He ended the conference with the boast that he would find either a kingdom or a grave in Italy. Thus they resolved to continue the seige and to wait for an opportunity to give battle against Stilicho on favorable terms.

    Cautious of Visigothic numbers and prowess and recognizing that his army represented the last reserves of the western Empire, Stilicho resorted to a strategem of war. Knowing that the Visigoths were devout (Arrian) Christians, he resolved to attack them on Easter morning (6, April 402 AD), guessing correctly that they would be engaged in prayer and not expecting an attack. The job of launching the surprise attack was entrusted to the pagan King Saul and his Alans, who formed the right wing of Stilicho's army.

    Little is known of the details of the battle. In his De Bello Gallico, Claudian recounts that the Alans initial charge took the Goths by surprise, but Alaric's forceful leadership prevented a panic. It took some time for the Goths to deploy, hampered as they were by the Easter festival and by the presence of large numbers of dependants and camp followers. But Alaric was unshaken, and the Visigoths joined the fray with their spirits enflamed by the Easter sacriledge. Saul and his Alans charged again and again, until the Alan king was cut down in his saddle. This demoralized the Alans, who sought to leave the field, only to find their way to the rear barred. Stilicho had repositioned a Roman legion from his reserve line to bolster the Alans and prevent the Visigoths from falling on his now exposed flank.

    Before the Gothic horse could press their advantage against the regrouping Alans, Stilicho committed his Roman and foederati foot to a heavy frontal attack. The Visigoths meet them in the field but were forced back into their camp. After bitter fighting at the barricades, the Romans and their allies cut their way into the camp, driving the Visigothic defenders before them. To their credit, Stilicho's troops did not pause for loot, but pressed the fight. After a great slaughter on both sides, Alaric rallied his surviving foot under the protection of his horsemen in the fields beyond and retired southward toward the Ligurian coast under the cover of night. In flight, the Visigoths were forced to abandon their dependants, including Alaric's own wife, as well as the great piles of loot that had been collected in Greece, Illyrium, Pannonia and Northern Italy since their victory at Andrianople.

    News of the victory was met throughout the western Empire with great relief and celebration. Meanwhile, Alaric moved along the Ligurian coast eastward into Etruria to regroup his battered Visigoths. His escape, and Stilicho's apparent willingness to let him go, fueled rumors about the Roman general's friendship with Alaric that would later contribute to Stilicho's undoing. Meanwhile, Alaric's host lay seige to Verona the next year (403 AD), only to be defeated by Stilicho and allowed to escape once again.


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