Refusing orders

[andym]

You have to remember that there was a different mindset and morales to those we have today.Things that today we would'nt condone nor commit were common place.Life was cheap.I would imagine that the discipline so famed of the roman Army was like a rod of Iron.,given the punishments meted out for minor infringements i should think that to even contemplate gainsaying an order would be totally alien to the average roman legionaire.Of course there are cases of so called "atrocities" but by whose yardstick are these being measured by?Ours or the Romans?


Just to keep the perspective,howabout an nice afternoon at the Colisseum,and watch a few people slaughter each other and animals for a bit of a giggle?Thats Entertianment to a Roman.