04-05-2009, 07:54 PM
There is reference somewhere to aThracian (Triballian? ) wounding someone in the thigh with a "sarissa",(IIRC!) but it must be doubtful if this is a reference to a two-handed pike - Possibly, and perhaps more likely, a spear longer than a 'Dory'.....
"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
