Dear Socrates…..

Question Everything

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Roman Art of War

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Wonder How a

Spartan Lives?

Tiberius and his story

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Being the greatest and the most astonishing man known

to all of Rome Julius Caesar finally gives the people his

point of view on all of the rumors, and doubts circulating

throughout the empire and out of it. Also he gives us a

hint of what his key to success is. Many people would love

to know if Caesar has this very nerve racking disease

called epilepsy. Julius however denies it he states “I had

been sick for a while long ago when one of my acquaint-

ances and I had gone to the Tiber river. However it no

longer affects me…” One of our very own beloved

doctors, (who mysteriously passed away moments after stating that Cae-

sar had the disease), stated that Caesar for sure had epilepsy. However now

that Julius has cleared this rumor up lets round it up and toss it out or else we

might join the doctor.

Now many Romans are doubtful about which of the many, accomplish-

ments of Caesars is the most marvelous. Now Julius has wrapped this up into a

nice short yet very astounding sentence, he states “Oh without a doubt my

greatest accomplishment would be me being able to conquer the world. “

The final question that Mr. Caesar answered was how he was able to slither in-

to politics with such ease. Even though his key to success may have been the

most unexpected, it is still quite interesting. He states “My key to success

came from my prestigious family, the Julian Clan, was very well established

and connected with the great Marian faction. This allowed me to be able to

get into Roman Politics. However my great skill, bravery, and

my will to conquer allowed me to be the man I am now.”

Well that’s all for today on rumor roundup hope you read next time for

some astonishing news on the whole story of Oedipus and Tiresias’ fight.

Interview Round up: Caesar has been Clowned up

By: Aristotle the Throttle

“The walls of Sparta are its men, and its borders the points on their spears” -King Agesilaus Greece fills itself with peo-ple, while in Sparta we create soldiers. Only the strong will survive as the weak will fall. We are not built to be fragile or sen-sitive to the simplicity of others. Our people were built upon dis-cipline and strength, taught to never show weakness and do as we must to honor our state. We are idols of true men, we are Spartans. It was at birth when I was first tested to see if I were fit to be called a citizen of Sparta. Like others, we were examined till it is determined whether we are to be killed for our weak-ness, or spared to become a soldier. This was just the begin-ning of an ordinary life as fami-lies were not able to determine their child's fate after labor.

whether we are to be killed for our weakness, or spared to become a soldier. This was just the beginning of an ordinary life as families were not able to de-termine their child's fate after la-bor. During our first few years of childhood, we were taught the basics of reading and writing, but also learned through tough physical educations. It wasn’t until age seven when we are taken from our mothers and forced to live in military barracks for the next twenty-three years of our lives as we our tested through physical fitness learning everything from survival skills to the basic arts of war. Discipline was our way of life. If done wrong, we were forced to be punished. Leading to strength, a Spartan was taught to never show weakness as any sense of cowardliness

Born SpartansBorn Spartans By : Aurelius Tiberius By : Aurelius Tiberius

was sought to be almost a crime. During our young years in the barracks, a group of kids were put in one area and whipped as a test to challenged ones strength and endurance of pain. The one who would last the longest without showing weakness would be honored while others who have passed out or cowered from the pain would have been looked down upon. Fights between fellow companions were often encour-aged as some were even forced to kill their opponent as another test to show strength and rid of weakness. This was how the weak were wiped out as the strong rose to the top. After our training youth was done, at age 20, we underwent military training as we took part in Sparta’s standing army. I had a wife at the time, but was only able to meet her in secrecy as only equals were able to live with their wives. Once I was done with my training in the bar-racks, I was included as an equal (age thirty). Growing up without being able to show these emotions, I’ve been taught discipline through pain and suf-fering. I was able rid my body of any source of weakness and carry on my strength as a man. I’ve been serving the Spartan army since my year twenty, and

am required to serve until I am sixty. Like others, I will not grow weak, but only to grow stronger. “The walls of Sparta are its men and its borders the points on their spears”, Sparta is our home, and we are its defenders, we are Spartans.

Hoplite - Heavily armed infantry men of

ancient Greece.

To the editor:

Ever since I was a little boy I always believed that Caesar was a great, loyal, and respectful person. I always thought that he was a great person in the eyes of all the people. Then, the ides of March proved different.

When Caesar came to power around 59 B.C everyone was hap-py and all respected and loved Caesar. Many of his followers were well respected such as The Noble and Trustworthy Brutus. Some did not trust Caesar before but after noticing that Brutus was a fol-lower they followed Caesar.

However I lost a lot of time in my history since I was in the midst of being confused and lost about how Metellus Celer, such a healthy man, died so unexpectedly.

Rrecently there was a lot of rumor that there was a group of conspirators against Caesar and they said that he had done wrong. At first I was totally against the group thinking that they were all deranged. But after I thought about it for a few minutes, it all start-ed to make sense about why and how Metellus Celer died. I be-lieved that Caesar had killed him.

I am not some psychic or a soothsayer. Nonetheless I believed very strongly about my conclusion. I tried my hardest to get into the group the group of conspirators, but got beat to bits after I got close enough.

However after Caesar had been stabbed 60 times by the ruthless Cassius, the Noble Brutus and some others, it all came out that….. that Cassius was the one that was against Caesar. He is the one that tricked Brutus into thinking that the people wanted to get

rid of Caesar and they wanted him to do something about it. THAT SHORT PSYCO. Does he have no idea about the pain that he caused Brutus. First he caused his death but according to the amazing “Caesar is kill” movie, by Sahil Ali, David Torres, Matthew Moss, Ahmed Al-Khawaja, and the ridiculous Yussef Guerrab, He also caused Brutus to not use the latrine for days. All in all I believe that in the end Cassius was the druggie and Caesar after all was not such a bad ruler. However according to your YouTube channel, Litter, and your Facebook Page, it seems to me that you were slightly against Caesar. Please Contact anyone from the Video linked above, we are sure that you can be a great addition to another spectacular movie.

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Roman Art of War

Siege Weapons: Roman sieges were deadly and effective. Keep-

ing from enemy lines, Romans had created destructive weapons used to

eject long ranged projectiles killing many enemy units without the loss

of men. Many of their siege weapons had large sharp arrows or large

heavy boulders as ammunition and could shoot up to 300meters killing

multiple men at a time. Although this tactic was thought of as a coward-

ly way of fighting, it was a smart way of fighting and saved the lives of

many soldiers for other battles to come.

Rome’s armies, used to con-

quer most of western civilization,

were one of the strongest from not

only numbers, but from strategic

tactics during battle to formations

that lead to victory.

A roman soldier

often carried a large

square shield for a wide

range of defense and

offence. They are also

equipped with multiple

combat weapons in for

different case scenarios

for example; a spear in

long ranged combat and

a sword for close. Roman

soldiers also wore light

weight armor to obtain

easy mobility.

Positioning an army was also an

important concept towards roman. They

often tried to fight at a higher ground

from their enemies giving them an upper

advantage. Flanking/cornering enemy

lines was also important as the enemy

had attacks coming from all sides.

Dear Socrates,

Question Everything...

Dear Socrates,

I am a widowed Spartan women, my husband has died in battle and

my son however, is still alive as it has been fourteen years since he has

been in battle. I am starting to worry, will he ever come back?

Dear Widow,

Since you are a Spartan Women, you can send a letter to the general

of the Spartan army asking if your son is still enrolled and alive. It may be

a while till you see your son again if not never for he is required to stay in

the army till retirement at the age of sixty.

“Wonder is the beginning of

wisdom.” ― Socrates

Dear Socrates,

I am a Roman mother and ever since Rome has started, they have

promised changes in terms of religion. My son is calling the Roman Em-

peror a liar. He says that “They are no greater and that Rome still re-

stricts its religion”. They as him how and threaten him saying that he will

be executed if he does not stop. What do I do?

Dear Roman Mother,

Tell him to keep believing and questioning his faith as the unex-

amined life is a life not worth living.

Dear Socrates

My Greek friend’s , son is refusing to become a philosopher. His

mother wants him to grow up to be like his father Aristotle. He says that

he was “born to fight” and that he can fight anyone who faces him. What

should she do?

Dear Concerned friend,

Simple, Send the kid to Sparta.

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Hint: Answers at the End of the Magazine

Gladiator!

Speaking of Gladi-ators, did anyone see

the fight between Maxi-mus and his best men against an army of men with heavily armed

chariots!

With the ad-vantage of their enemy, Maximus and his men

completely demolished their component with amazing battle tactics

and critical strategies. The fight lasted over an hour until one side was eliminated.

Swords were slashing, blood was gushing as it

was complete mayhem down in the battle field!

The fight was getting intense as Maximus had

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Up against two men in chariots and at least

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of the enemies on the bat-tle field. This was known to be one of the greatest

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Continue to Question the world

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