CLA388H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: De Re Militari, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Renatus
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Maximus tells his men to hold the line. If they find themselves alone, they should not be afraid. What we do in life, echoes for eternity . Maximus is not a real historical person, but he is a mash of a bunch of heroes in one. Maximus, the great roman general, wants to go home. Marcus aurelius gives maximus until sunset to decide his course of action, but before then the emperor is murdered by his son, commodus. Commodus orders maximus to be murdered also, but maximus escapes and returns to his farm in spain. At this point, the narrative seems to thwart, permanently and horrifically, maximus" goal of returning home, because his wife and son have been crucified. Conflating military skill and spectacle: gladiator in a nutshell. If the gladiators stay together, they survive. Complete mashing identity of the gladiator and the general. Idea of there being a specific knowledge of having served in a hierarchy.
