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22 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
This was one of the greatest adventures in history yet now completely forgotten. A thread I made back in early July about the elite mercenary Catalan Company. Lots of new followers since then, I'm sure you will enjoy this story!
They were so ferocious that the Catalan people were still banned from the Greek Mount Athos until 2005!

They also had one of the coolest war cries in history, Desperta ferres! (Awake the iron!)

If you think this couldn't get any better, you have the entire chronicle of one of Catalan mercenaries Ramon Muntaner translated into English available online for free, describing their amazing adventures, and the battles they fought!

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