I know these kinds of threads get posted a lot, but I am serious here: What the fuck was his problem?
>>70434265
Praetorians got paid better.
Go against the emperor of the known world orrrr die for a general along with probably your family being snuffed the same way they kill Maximus' family.
It's kind of an easy choice, he's reluctant cause he knows it's wrong.
>>70435450
and you get to be stationed in rome instead of bumfuck who knows where germania fighting fucking gauls.
>spend the rest of your life as a solder waiting for your family to send more socks for the cold german front
>live in Rome with power a wealth
He made it up to maximus by telling his men to SHEATHE THEIR SWORDS!
Such a great moment.
>>70435552
was anyone shocked by how brutally they killed Maximus' son when they first saw it? I was like 10 years old and it probably traumatized me.
>>70434265
> 80+ lbs armor, weapon, ration, gear
> 20 miles march per day, everyday
> Build fort before night time, every night.
> Disassemble fort in the morning, every morning.
> 25 years service
> 3 in 4 die
> local population see us as oppressors when we are trying to spread civilization
> Gaius died on patrol today, knew him 15 years
> when will I die? will I ever see Claudia again? does she even care?
> The Sassanids are invading Armenia again
> mfw months long march to the Middle East
> mfw sitting ducks against horse archers in desert heat with no water
> mfw sandniggers finally surrenders but the Germans broke through the Rhine defenses. Again.
> mfw march hundreds of miles back and we are apparently in a civil war now.
> mfw the land I was promised at end of 25 years was distributed to retried troops so they would reenlist to fight fellow Romans.
> mfw germans are running wild in gaul because nobody was there to stop them
> mfw incompetent commander lead us into ambush
> mfw recieve flesh wound in minor skirmish
> mfw no antibiotics and wound becomes infected
> mfw no anesthetics for amputation
> mfw bleeding out alone in a tent
> mfw messenger tells me Claudia has married another man
> mfw just another nobody dying for the personal gain of generals and Emperors
> mfw hundreds of years later plebs posts on /tv/ asking "what the fuck was his problem?"
>>70437471
>Gaius died on patrol today
>I.7.8 (bar; left of the door); 8162: We two dear men, friends forever, were here. If you want to know our names, they are Gaius and Aulus.
>>70437471
>you are just weak
He was loyal to Rome
>>70437544
Dang dude... to think a thousand years from now, we'll be forgotten as well, like tears in the train.
