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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
Six former chiefs of the defence staff have rounded on politicians and lawyers for threatening to prosecute soldiers who are simply trying to do their best in life-or-death situations. Romans would have been aghast.
The two cardinal virtues demanded of Roman soldiers were virtus ('manliness, courage') and disciplina ('obedience to orders'), and the two frequently clashed. When...
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