[jimtorr]

.......exposing the brutal reality and fratricidal violence of life........

Getting judgy with a soldiers life, there, aren't we? Fratricidal? Really?

[SunkenCiv]

The Roman Empire had brutal discipline, which may explain why the Roman Empire ran from 500 BC (conquest of Ostia) to 1453 (fall of Constantinople). The early scene in the now-old HBO series “Rome” where Ray’s character strikes his commanding Centurion and was slated for execution is pretty accurate.