Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls.
Wars don't bring lasting peace, only lasting death.
Everyone prepares for battle in his own way.
And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs: paired cavalry fighters; formed ranks of armored death; grim men on their tall horses with lightning limning weapons tailored to the task; men spoiling for a fight if the gods allowed - the Sacred Band of Stepsons, out from shadows and the dark.
Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.
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