04-24-2008, 02:01 AM
....let us not forget that we only have our sources to guide us, and some certainly exaggerated the virtues of certain generals......others blew their own propaganda trumpets ! (J. Caesar springs to mind).
Perhaps Rome's most able general was one of those who have not had their story told by the ancient historians.....
Perhaps Rome's most able general was one of those who have not had their story told by the ancient historians.....
"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
