Favorite Military Formation
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  • Posted On: Oct 8 2005 10:34pm
Heh. Good choice, Theren.
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  • Posted On: Oct 9 2005 6:09pm
Did I not say no spam??? When asked in other threads not to spam those requests are heeded - why not so here???



The Sacred Band of Thebes - a battalion of a thousand men of the Greek City-state of Thebes. They were said to be composed of five hundred-couples. It was from the glorious and nigh-unbeaten unit that the phrase "An Army of Lovers Cannot be defeated" came. Yes - they were gay, but then who was not in Greece/Rome???