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Non composita legio heroum. Heroes sunt quos legio necat. (Please tell me how I'm butchering my Latin here, still learning!) Yeah, I get nothing from a quick
by Balgair 3y ago
Non composita legio heroum. Heroes sunt quos legio necat.
(Please tell me how I'm butchering my Latin here, still learning!)
Yeah, I get nothing from a quick search too.
I wouldn't even think to know who would have said something so mundane about the legions. Cesar would never have said something like that. The closest that I can think of would be Pompey, but such a saying would have been too glib even for him.
- justin66 3y ago> Cesar would never have said something like that. I expect "don't be a hero" would be a very, very common sentiment expressed to a legionnaire during his training. It's a little more pithy than "hold the line or you'll get killed and fuck things up for everybody else."