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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2247936, member: 2844"]The Batavians were conquered by the Romans, and their first born sons were kidnapped by the Romans to serve in the Roman military. That backfired to a certain extent, the most famous Batavian revolt was led by the son of a Batavian king who was trained as a Roman officer under the Romanised name of Claudius Civilis.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> Unfortunately the Romans beat them yet again.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Probably because the Batavians kept making lists of everything.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is Rembrandt's painting of "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis":</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Bataafseeed.jpg/1920px-Bataafseeed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2247936, member: 2844"]The Batavians were conquered by the Romans, and their first born sons were kidnapped by the Romans to serve in the Roman military. That backfired to a certain extent, the most famous Batavian revolt was led by the son of a Batavian king who was trained as a Roman officer under the Romanised name of Claudius Civilis.:D Unfortunately the Romans beat them yet again.:arghh: Probably because the Batavians kept making lists of everything.;) This is Rembrandt's painting of "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis": [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Bataafseeed.jpg/1920px-Bataafseeed.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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