02-05-2009, 03:20 AM
I think we are all agreed that there is likely to be some kernel of truth behind the 'legend' ( as with most legends)......you may recall I mentioned earlier that a large snakeskin, reputedly the very one, was on display in a Roman Temple down to the time of the Jugurthine war ......
"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
