Years□as□ed,a□dMarcus'sd□edsb□c□m□thest□ffo□lege□d.Hisn□mewasspokenwith□ev□re□c□□h□s□al□stol□andr□toldtoea□erea□s.Yo□ngwar□□ors□spir□dtobelikeMar□us,toembody□hesame□ouragea□dhonorthat□□□a□displayedonthebattlefield.T□oughMarcushadlongsin□epassedin□oth□real□ofm□thandle□end,hi□□egacylivedon,□shiningbeaconofhopeandinspirat□onfor□enerationstoco□e.<□p> Yea□□□asse□,andMarcus□sd□eds□ecamethestuf□ofl□ge□□.□isnamewas□p□kenwit□□ever□nce□hist□lest□lda□dretoldtoea□erears.Youngwar□iorsaspiredtobelik□Marcus,t□embod□thesam□co□rageandhonorthat□ehaddisplayedonthebattlefiel□.Though□arcus□a□lo□□s□ncep□ssedintotherealmofmythandleg□n□,hisl□ga□ylivedon,ashiningbeacono□hope□ndins□ir□□i□nfor□ene□ationstoc□□□. Ye□□spassed,andMarcus□s□e□dsb□camethes□uffofle□e□□.Hisnam□wasspokenwithreveren□e,hi□tales□o□dand□etoldtoeagerears.Yo□ngwa□rior□aspi□e□tobe□ikeMarcus,toembodythesamecour□geandh□□o□that□ehadd□splayedonthebattlefield.ThoughMarcushadlong□□ncepas□□dinto□h□re□lmof□ythandleg□n□,hi□legacylivedo□,ashini□gbeacono□ho□eand□ns□irationf□□gener□tionsto□ome.<□p><□>Y□arspas□ed,an□Marcus'sdeeds□ec□m□th□s□uffoflegen□.Hisn□mewasspoke□withreverence,histal□stoldan□retoldt□ea□ere□rs.Youngwa□ri□rsasp□re□□obel□keM□rcus□toembo□ythes□mecouragea□□hon□□thath□haddispl□yed□ntheb□ttlefield.ThoughMarcushadlong□i□ce□asse□int□□herealmo□mythand□eg□nd,hisl□g□cylivedon,a□h□ningbeaco□o□hop□□ndi□□piratio□□orgenerat□on□to□om□. Ye□□spa□sed,□ndM□□cus'sdeedsbecamethestuffofl□gend.Hisnam□□asspokenw□t□r□v□rence,hist□lestolda□dr□toldtoea□erea□s.Youngwa□ri□r□aspiredtobe□ikeMa□c□s,toe□bo□ythesamecou□ageandho□ort□a□heha□displayedo□thebatt□efield.T□oug□Ma□□u□had□ongsincepassedin□o□hereal□ofmythandlege□□,hisl□gac□li□edon,ashinin□beacon□fhopeandin□pir□t□onforgenerationstocome. Yearspassed,a□dMa□cus'sde□d□b□camethes□□ffofl□g□□d.Hisn□mew□□sp□kenwithre□erence,□ista□e□told□n□retoldtoeag□□□ars□Youngwarrio□□aspiredtobeli□e□a□cu□,toembodyt□□samecourageand□o□or□hathehaddisplayedo□thebattlefie□□.Tho□ghMarcu□hadlo□gsincepas□edint□thereal□ofmyth□nd□egend,hisle□acylived□n,ashining□eaconofhopeandinspirat□onforgener□tio□stocome.