There have been famous battles that, despite having happened thousands of years ago, we are still what we are thanks to their victory.
Without the triumph of the Greeks against the Persians at the Pass of Thermopylae and at Salamis (480 BC) there would have been no Plato's philosophy, no Roman law, no Christianity, no
Divine Comedy.
, nor Leonardo da Vinci, nor the methodical doubt of Descartes, nor Juan Sebastián Bach. Nor would we speak with this vestige of Latin which is the language we use. In the end, all of our culture, including the pleasures of wine and ham, we owe to General Themistocles, who defeated King Xerxes I's naval squad on the island of Salamis, and to General Alcibiades, who put an end to all hopes. of Darío I in the sea and the Marathon field. Some battles with their victories and defeats have meant a decisive crossroads in universal history to the point of ushering in a new civilization; this may have happened in every personal story as well. Who does not have inside a Thermopylae Pass, a Waterloo, a Normandy landing,What has altered the course of your life? While the birds sang, the warriors killed themselves by trampling on the flowers; All these battles that caused millions of deaths took place in bays whose beaches today are lined with hammocks and on undulating plains where the wheat field sways in the spring breeze. Now that the stinky year 2021 is over, it is good to remember if you were in the battle of Salamis, if you were defeated at Waterloo, if you fought hand-to-hand against the Nazis in Stalingrad, if you participated aboard a water tank in the seizure of the coast. of Omaha. These are battles that, without knowing it, the modern citizen has fought throughout this year with an uneven result, either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.All these battles that caused millions of deaths took place in bays whose beaches today are lined with hammocks and on undulating plains where the wheat field sways in the spring breeze. Now that the stinky year 2021 is over, it is good to remember if you were in the battle of Salamis, if you were defeated at Waterloo, if you fought hand-to-hand against the Nazis in Stalingrad, if you participated aboard a water tank in the seizure of the coast. of Omaha. These are battles that, without knowing it, the modern citizen has fought throughout this year with an uneven result, either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.All these battles that caused millions of deaths took place in bays whose beaches today are lined with hammocks and on undulating plains where the wheat field sways in the spring breeze. Now that the stinky year 2021 is over, it is good to remember if you were in the battle of Salamis, if you were defeated at Waterloo, if you fought hand-to-hand against the Nazis in Stalingrad, if you participated aboard a water tank in the seizure of the coast. of Omaha. These are battles that, without knowing it, the modern citizen has fought throughout this year with an uneven result, either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.Now that the stinky year 2021 is over, it is good to remember if you were in the battle of Salamis, if you were defeated at Waterloo, if you fought hand-to-hand against the Nazis in Stalingrad, if you participated aboard a water tank in the seizure of the coast. of Omaha. These are battles that, without knowing it, the modern citizen has fought throughout this year with an uneven result, either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.Now that the stinky year 2021 is over, it is good to remember if you were in the battle of Salamis, if you were defeated at Waterloo, if you fought hand-to-hand against the Nazis in Stalingrad, if you participated aboard a water tank in the seizure of the coast. of Omaha. These are battles that, without knowing it, the modern citizen has fought throughout this year with an uneven result, either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.either with the victory inscribed on the forehead or fleeing with the tail between the legs.
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