Leonidas, The Brave Warrior
October 27
Rome is
really powerful. They are so powerful that they have taken over most of Europe.
We as Greece have to stop them. We are the only country left that Rome hasn't
taken over. If Rome takes over, then obviously all is lost. Julius Caesar will
rule Europe. I can tell you that is not good. We will have new laws enforced
that will pay taxes to Caesar. He will charge ridiculous amounts of money to
use at his own will.
October 31
Eusebios
and I both like the same girl. Her name is Demetra. Her eyes are like the sea.
She has beautiful black hair. Eusebios challenged me to a duel. Whoever lost
would have to go talk to Demetra. We both drew our wooden training swords.
Whoever hit the other person 15 times first, won the duel. We dueled until the
score was tied 14 hits for me 14 hits for Eusebios. He had called my name
tauntingly. Then he whacked the helmet off my head. He swung to hit my
vulnerable head, but I ducked under his swing and easily tapped his shoulder.
“15 hits for me,” I jeered. “Now you have to talk to Demetra.” Eusebios then
grinned in defeat.
November 5
Eusebios finally talked to
Demetra today. She told him that if he won the upcoming chariot race that she
was his. Her parents agreed that it was a good deal. Now, Eusebios is really
nervous. He really wants to win that race. The problem is that he has never
driven a chariot before. Secretly, I want him to take 2nd place, so that I get Demetra. I’m not
going to tell him that though. The chariot race is in 2 weeks. Eusebios is
going to have some intense training in the upcoming weeks.
November 8
My father is the leader of
the army. The Romans have announced that they are gong to attack us. They are
charging toward Sparta as I write. I just hope that my dad will be safe. He
thinks that this is the battle that we will finally win. I hope so. Well, I can
hear them coming. I have to go.
November 11
So far the
war is not going very well. We have been pushed so far, that they can take any
house. If we fight back we should be able to hold our position. We know what
their weakness is. They won’t know we are coming if we attack them from behind.
Our plan is to attack from behind early tomorrow morning. If all goes well, we
can drive them back to Rome. We will have time then to make another plan and
train to pull off the plan.
November 13
Our plan worked, until my dad
got injured. His leg has a gash that is to the bone. He is in a lot of pain
right now. He probably won’t be able to fight again. Other than that huge loss
our plan was successful. We drove the Romans out of Greece. They will have
to regroup. I will practice leading the army. In one week we are going to
attack the Romans.
November 19
Today is
the big day. Eusebios is racing in the chariot race. It is very important that
he wins, because of he takes 1st then Demetra is his. He has been
training hard for this race. I have been training hard also. We are attacking
the Romans tomorrow. I am confident that we can do some damage. Eusebios just
arrived at my house. We are going over to the race together.
November 20
Eusebios
was killed in the chariot race last night. He was in a heated race to the
finish line. Between 3 chariots it was tied. As they rounded the last turn,
Eusebios’ chariot hit a rock and spun off course. His chariot collided with the
chariot to the left of him. Eusebios was flung from his chariot and onto the
track. The other two chariots, too competitive to stop ran right over Eusebios’
limp body. I am furious that they didn’t just go around him. Besides that
shocking news, the other news is that we have set up camp on a ridge
overlooking the Romans’ camp. We have changed plans and are going to attack at
noon. We are having a quick training before we leave for our positions. I must
now gather my troops.
November 23
We lost
the battle Very badly. They killed everyone with the exception of 3 other
soldiers and myself. Luckily we only brought a small army of 35. Losing 31
soldiers is a big blow though. I guess it’s off to training camp once more. I
am going to work my soldiers really hard. We will not lose this battle.
November 25
I went and talked to
Demetra and her parents. I told her that I would like to marry her. She asked
her parents and they said that if I defeated the Roman Empire that I could
marry her. That is some real motivation for me. I will fight for Sparta and
avenge Eusebios’ death.
November 28
The past
few days I have been teaching the army some strategic scenarios in case they
are caught alone. We need to be able to slaughter as many warriors as possible.
In order to defeat the Roman Empire we need to kill everyone. That is my plan.
We need to kill any Roman we see.
November 30
I feel
like the army is improving a lot. We should be able to start the domination of
Rome in at most 6 days. Realistically I think it will be more like 2 days. We
have run scenarios like crazy in order to prepare the troops for the big
battle. We will depart and immediately attack anybody Roman when we are prepared.
December 5
We left
today and arrived at a Roman base camp. We charged in and killed everyone. No
one, no thing, no life was left. We are definitely ready. I think that the
training has paid off. We completely dominated. It was utter destruction.
December 7
It is
getting cold. We hope to arrive at Rome, Italy in 3 days time. I have more to
report. We have ripped through 7 more camps and left nothing behind. The
domination of Rome has officially begun. Life is great right now. I wrote to
Demetra to tell her of my progress. She wrote back and said she is happy we are
doing so well.
December 9
We have
arrived at Rome. We are waiting until nightfall to attack. We destroyed every
camp outside of the main city. This is it. This is the moment I, and every
other warrior has dreamed of. Battle on Spartans!
December 10
WE DID IT!
I murdered Julius Caesar with my bare hands! We marched through Rome hacking
down every person we saw. Then we arrived at Julius Caesar’s palace. I marched
right in and killed the guards. It was quite a battle with the Dictator of
Rome. We sword-fought for a while. It all went awry for Julius when I sliced
off his left arm. He was helpless. I told him that if he dropped his sword then
I would too. We both did, and then I leaped onto him and tackled him to the
ground. I strangled him and he couldn’t do anything about it. He died after he
suffocated.
December 15
I married
Demetra today. We are going to move to Rome in a few weeks. We will be happy
together. We will no longer be in danger of being conquered. In Rome we will
live in peace.
This is the end of my journal. I hope you enjoyed reading it.
Leonidas Zaro Jr. - Leonidas
Zaro Jr.
Jacob Edmunds
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