Homepage Update: Mirallas departs Blues for Olympiacos

[amalias]

1st line of defence against what mate?

Historically - first line of defence against the East (Persians, Arabs, Turks). Europe begins at Hellas. Some key dates out of the 100s available.

490 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon

480 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

331 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela

602 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine–Sasanian_War_of_602–628

740 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Akroinon

863 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lalakaon

1048 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kapetron

1453 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople

1821 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman–Egyptian_invasion_of_Mani

1821 -1831 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence

 

[Azzurri]

Greece the first line of defence against brown people, you learn something new every day.

 

[orly]

Historically - first line of defence against the East (Persians, Arabs, Turks). Europe begins at Hellas. Some key dates out of the 100s available.

490 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon

480 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

331 BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela

602 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine–Sasanian_War_of_602–628

740 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Akroinon

863 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lalakaon

1048 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kapetron

1453 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople

1821 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman–Egyptian_invasion_of_Mani

1821 -1831 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence

Ουάου

 

[Frang]

Greece the first line of defence against brown people, you learn something new every day.

oh wow.

 

[Azzurri]

oh wow.

Not my words, boss.

 

[marnie]

Pulls up a chair.

 

[Mikeonlythebestwilldo]

Pulls up a chair.

With a kebab ?

 

[amalias]

Greece the first line of defence against brown people, you learn something new every day.

Well Turks and Persians etc are not strictly speaking 'brown' but having been brought up on the BBC's special recipe of searching for offence on behalf of others I can clearly see how you got there. Some of the various armies that invaded Hellas used slave soldiers if that is any consolation? Ottomans and Persians were particularly fond of slave armies. The 100s of wars the Greeks fought against invaders were more about stopping the ideologies those invaders brought with them - namely Sunni Islam and a direct contradiction to the Greek's belief in things such as democracy, women's rights and the Mediterranean way of life- from alcohol to the worship of beauty.

 

[marnie]

With a kebab ?

Pint of Alfa and a bag of dry roasted peanuts from the British shop

 

[Mikeonlythebestwilldo]

Pint of Alfa and a bag of dry roasted peanuts from the British shop

 

[thirdmantackle]

hard to replace all the goals we are losing out of the team - Miralles, Lukaku, Barkley

 

[amalias]

Pint of Alfa and a bag of dry roasted peanuts from the British shop

My favourite hands down!

 

[ToffeeDevil]

i come onto this thread expecting a discussion and get a history lesson, what is going on in here

 

[marnie]

My favourite hands down!

Where in Greece are you ?

 

[amalias]

Where in Greece are you ?

Born and raised in London. In fact I am mostly of English decent. Was my Grandfather who was from Arcadia in the Peloponnese. I actually lived in Liverpool a year when I was at uni there.. needless to say got precious little study done.. Watched Everton vs Chelsea though at Goodison. Saw Barcelona hammer Liverpool at Anfield too.