Talk:Callus Tacticus - Revision history

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One of those single-letter correctinos that make a lot of difference.

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	Imagine the look on my face when I saw 'Aeneas Tacticus' cited in a work of military history. Mr. Pratchett is obviously a man of considerable, if indiscriminate, learning. I am impressed. -- Moriah		Imagine the look on my face when I saw 'Aeneas Tacticus' cited in a work of military history. Mr. Pratchett is obviously a man of considerable, if indiscriminate, learning. I am impressed. -- Moriah

	Could this character also be a reference to Karl Bernadotte, a Napoleon general who became ~~kind~~ of Sweden, and later participated to war against said Napoleon ? -- Tam		Could this character also be a reference to Karl Bernadotte, a Napoleon general who became king of Sweden, and later participated to war against said Napoleon ? -- Tam
	:I thought that this had been mentioned here before, ~~bur~~ I can't find it. It seems likely that TP knew the story. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:52, 15 February 2015 (UTC)		:I thought that this had been mentioned here before, but I can't find it. It seems likely that TP knew the story. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:52, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Old Dickens at 00:52, 15 February 2015

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	Could this character also be a reference to Karl Bernadotte, a Napoleon general who became kind of Sweden, and later participated to war against said Napoleon ? -- Tam		Could this character also be a reference to Karl Bernadotte, a Napoleon general who became kind of Sweden, and later participated to war against said Napoleon ? -- Tam
			:I thought that this had been mentioned here before, bur I can't find it. It seems likely that TP knew the story. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:52, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Tam at 20:29, 14 February 2015

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	Imagine the look on my face when I saw 'Aeneas Tacticus' cited in a work of military history. Mr. Pratchett is obviously a man of considerable, if indiscriminate, learning. I am impressed. -- Moriah		Imagine the look on my face when I saw 'Aeneas Tacticus' cited in a work of military history. Mr. Pratchett is obviously a man of considerable, if indiscriminate, learning. I am impressed. -- Moriah

			Could this character also be a reference to Karl Bernadotte, a Napoleon general who became kind of Sweden, and later participated to war against said Napoleon ? -- Tam

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Where is he referred to as Callus?--[[User:Hapenny|Hapenny]] 20:37, 8 January 2008 (CET)

{{W}}, recently. I thought there was somewhere older...--[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 01:10, 9 January 2008 (CET)

Oh I see - thanks!--[[User:Hapenny|Hapenny]] 18:51, 11 January 2008 (CET)

:''Callus Tacticus'' can be translated as "hard feelings". --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 22:22, 11 January 2008 (CET)

Imagine the look on my face when I saw 'Aeneas Tacticus' cited in a work of military history. Mr. Pratchett is obviously a man of considerable, if indiscriminate, learning. I am impressed. -- Moriah