In myth or fictional movies, there’s always a hero who does the heroic stuff. In history, though, there are heroes who perform such incredible feats of courage and valor that they’re added to history. Add a generation or two, and that history becomes legend. Add another generation or two, and that legend becomes mythic.
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When Rome trembled before foreign hosts, in ancient times, one man stood at the opening of a narrow wooden bridge across the Tiber River. After the Etruscans attacked, the Romans panicked, and the bridge behind Horatius had to be destroyed before the enemy could use it. Scarred, one-eyed Horatius Cocles refused to yield, fighting until the bridge collapsed, then jumping off the bridge and
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