06-03-2007, 01:27 AM
Very true ! And the soldiers were wealthy too in their own right and could afford, as the ancients put it, "the choicest arms".
And we can guess where much of the wealth went, either official or private, when we see the hypaspists evolve into the argyraspides (Silver Shields !! )
And we can guess where much of the wealth went, either official or private, when we see the hypaspists evolve into the argyraspides (Silver Shields !! )
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
