Teach your kids to be ruthless killers and they will ascend to be Kings... (a whole lot of years after the Spartans the folks in the Middle East are still proving this to be a truism)
All "freaks" are dangerous and should either be keep in chains or lied to so they don't swap sides...
Camp followers, Groupies, Pole Dancers and Concubines are whores of the basest ilk and will have sex with unspeakable creatures if told to by their pimps...
If your Army uses Rhinoceri as War Machines its a good idea not to stand in front of them...
Rhinoceri that existed in the age of the Greeks were several stories high and apparantely were capable of being steered once a bridle was affixed.
Piling some rocks on top of each other to make a wall 30 feet tall will divert a million man army even though 40 feet away there is an army ready to kill you.
Persians would rather die than climb rocks, (see above).
An apple is all that you need to maintain your strength to fight for days against overwhelming odds.
Likewise all any soldier needs to fight against 10,000 to 1 odds is one spear, 1 sword, 1 shield a pair of greaves, some flipflops and a leather codpiece.
Politicians will lie to obtain sex. (ooops....wait...we already knew that)
Politicians will lie about having sex. (oops we already knew that one too)
Politicians will sell out their constituants for money. (damn already knew that one too)
Women, even good women, will have sex with lying Politicians if they believe that it is for the greater good.
Women who have had sex with lying Politicians will send their asses to hell when they discover that the politician was lying about "the greater good".
You can stab a Persian with a spear head that is 6" wide and he will die instantly. A Spartan stabbed with the same spear head will drag himself along the shaft of the spear, kill the spear wielder, and a dozen more bad guys before he dies. Or the short version. Spartans were tough sumbitches.
Its okay to pretend to yield if it gives you the opportunity to take a cheap shot at the guy you just set up because he believed you to be honorable and in doing so your Honor will be unbesmirched.
At the point of death it is important that when a comrade in arms, who is also at the point of death, honors you with a statement you are duty bound to trump his statement.
and the last thing I learned was ..... When the myth conflicts with the truth....print the myth......
Now here are some things I didn't learn....
How were Rhonoceri that were 30 feet tall transported across oceans in reed boats?
If there really were a million men in Xeres Army how many boats would it have taken to ferry them to the battle?
Where there even that many ships in the World at that time?
Where there even a Million males of fighting age in the Region at that time?
How were Elephants transported in the same craft?
How could the Xerxes Golden throne possibly be carried aboard one of the papyrus ships that was shown/
Where there really Ninja's with fangs and clawed feet that fought with the Persians?
Was the reach of the Persian empire so vast that they actually had blonde haired topless dancers in their Hareems?
Can you really shoot an arrow across a Bay that is a minium of a half mile across?
Did the nipple ring on the concubine that had the hots for the hunchback belong to Janet Jackson?
Could those boats have actually carried enough arrows to "darken the sun" for 3 minutes?
Why does a coke and popcorn cost $15.00?
There was other stuff as well but that will do for the first viewing.
Steve
