Yearspassed,a□dMarcus'□deedsb□c□me□h□s□uffofl□□e□d.His□□mewass□okenwithrev□rence,hi□ta□estol□an□retoldto□agerear□.Young□a□rior□aspiredtobeli□□Marcus□toembodyt□□samec□ur□g□an□ho□or□hatheh□ddisp□aye□□nth□ba□tlefie□d.Though□a□cushadlongsince□assedint□the□ea□mofmyt□andl□ge□d,□is□e□acyli□edon□ashiningbeaconof□op□andinspir□ti□□forge□era□ionst□com□.
Years□□s□ed,an□Marcus'□deedsb□□am□□hes□uffofleg□nd□Hisnamewasspokenwithreverence,histalesto□da□d□etoldtoeagerears.□oungwa□ri□rs□spir□□□ob□likeMa□cus,t□e□□ody□hes□m□c□ura□eandhonorth□thehaddisplaye□on□□ebatt□efi□ld.Th□u□hM□rcu□hadlongsincepassedint□ther□almofmy□han□legend□hislegacy□ivedon,ashiningb□aconofhope□ndinspirationfor□ener□tion□tocome.
Y□ar□passed,andMarcus'sdeed□becamet□e□tu□f□fl□gend□Hisnamew□sspoken□ithreve□□nce,hist□lestolda□dretoldtoeagere□rs.Youn□w□rrior□a□piredtobelike□□rcus,to□mb□dythesamecourage□ndhonorthathehad□isp□a□edonthebattlefield.□houghMarcu□□ad□ongsincepass□d□ntotherealmo□mythan□le□end,hislegacylive□on,ashin□ngb□acon□fh□□eand□n□□irationforgenera□ionstocome.□/p>
Y□a□s□a□s□d,andMarcus'□dee□sbe□amethes□□ffoflegend.H□snamewassp□□enw□threverence,his□alestol□□ndretoldtoeagere□rs□□ou□gwarriorsaspiredtob□li□eMar□us,toe□bodyt□□samecoura□eandh□□orthatheha□displayedonthebatt□e□iel□□ThoughMarcus□adlo□gsincepass□□intothereal□of□ythand□egend,his□egacylivedo□,ash□□ing□eaconofhopean□inspi□a□ionf□rge□er□tions□□come.