Spartan Upbringing
Posted by MRL on Dec 31st 2006
Well consider this- training started at the tender age of 5 providing you passed physical scrutiny upon birth as a prime specimen of a boy without defect. There were no fond farewells, boys were simply taken upon reaching this age to live in barracks as a pack or unit and encouraged from the start with competitive play against other packs.
By age 10 they had been taught to read and write and their physical exercise was increased. An import...
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Museum Replicas at San Diego Comic Con 2009
Posted by MRL on Dec 31st 2006
Here are just a few photos of us at Comic Con. Click on the thumbnails below to see the full-sized photos.
Our new Conan armor on display
We love it when Boba Fett stops by
Anthony Daniels stops by to see us
Some members of the 501st come by for a visit
Some more guys from the 501st come by
Anakin Skywalker from the Clone Wars...
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Siege of Malta 1565
Posted by MRL on Dec 31st 2006
In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey and Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, launched a flotilla of 200 Turkish ships carrying 40,000 fighting men with the intention of further domination of the Mediterranean Sea. In May of that year they laid siege to the small, vitally strategic island of Malta. The Christians consisted knights, local peasant soldiers and a few thousand Maltese soldiers. Jean de Valette was in command of the defense,...
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