05-03-2008, 07:52 PM
I think that deserter idea is strange in the context:
- Strange to think to some soldiers can desert during the fighting; this can happen before or after, but is strange Marcus can link this to battle.
- If I remember correctly Marcus is a iatros, so can be more concerned with the dead and wounded.
- Why use this word in this inusual modality, when in greek exist phugas for deserter. More probably I try to express a concept not present in greek with a precise word.
- Strange to think to some soldiers can desert during the fighting; this can happen before or after, but is strange Marcus can link this to battle.
- If I remember correctly Marcus is a iatros, so can be more concerned with the dead and wounded.
- Why use this word in this inusual modality, when in greek exist phugas for deserter. More probably I try to express a concept not present in greek with a precise word.
"Each historical fact needs to be considered, insofar as possible, no with hindsight and following abstract universal principles, but in the context of own proper age and environment" Aldo A. Settia
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
a.k.a Davide Dall\'Angelo
SISMA- Società Italiana per gli Studi Militari Antichi
