06-23-2008, 10:45 AM
Michael wrote:
Quote:Were they destroyed "to the last man" at Plataea? I had thought a few survived....the 'Hieros Lochos'/sacred band did not fight at Plataea ( see above) and there were survivors who escaped from the Theban Advance Party who did......( see above)
"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