1,036 – 1,066 A.D. CHAPTER 13 The bones of my naked backside seemed bent on burrowing through the thin skin of my tired ass from the inside out as I sat on the log in the sweat lodge. I was thankful that the log had been stripped of all its bark, making it a smooth surface on which to sit,...
The Celtic Gaul were fat and the Sugambrians, driven out from their black forests by hunger, were thin. West of the Rhenus, the Gaul, with their rich farmland, had produced a bountiful crop for themselves, and, more importantly, for their powerful overlords, the Romans. These subdued Gaul, wi...
