And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Claimed to be a hoplite's helmet from the battle of Marathon, with the owner's skull found inside.
If true, beyond cool. A true treasure of history. They ought to do DNA analysis to see who is related to the hoplite in today's Greek population.
I guess he just lost his head in battle.--Ray
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