Absolute legend holding the line

Died because some crazy dude went in a barrel and floated under the river to stab him in the dick.

Horatius Cocles

Look up Battle of Stamford bridge 1066 . A lone berserker viking stood against entire english army to prevent them crossing the bridge. The english eventually win, but are quickly defeated by a new invasion in the south led by William of normandy.

Same energy, enemy kept dying against him so they shot the guy with arrows. Stabbed himself with a spear so that his body would still stand before dying. Enemy shot at his corpse with so many arrows until he looked like a pin cushion.

Fair play to that guy, but imagine holding a bridge alone and then dying by getting stabbed in the taint. Also, if you hate the British Empire, you should absolutely hate that guy.

Sabaton just released a song about it.

Viking helmets did not have horns though.

obligatory post...

"you'll get stabbed up the arse by a Saxon under the bridge!" .... "I know"

When i was a young man, I said I would name my son after that Viking, even if his name was CKCKCK. But his name is lost to history. For those wondering... the Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066. A lone Viking, said to be gigantic, slew many men as he stood in the middle of the bridg