The crude Latin nation defeated the Greek Empire under Augustus, bringing the barbarian Latin nation to civilization and enlightenment, and creating the brilliant Western classical civilization.
These civilizations include the Triumphal Arch, which symbolizes the glory of victory, the Pantheon, where the gods are located, and the Wishing Pool, which is blessed only by piety. But the most familiar is the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, which is known as one of the eight wonders of the world. Although after a thousand years of wind and rain, the ancient Roman gladiatorial arena still stands there like a gladiator, so that people can think of the bloody killing scene that was once staged in this gladiatorial arena at a glance.
The gladiatorial arena is a symbol of ancient Rome, representing the empire that started the classical Western civilization rose in blood, and it leaves future generations not only these long dried buildings, but also an unending group of people, a group of as long as the money do not want to die of the rabble.
These rabble are called mercenaries, a group of barbaric warriors who bring death and suffering to others, and the only motivation for them to fight is money.
Mercenaries originated in the ancient Roman Empire and evolved over thousands of years to eventually form a special profession in the world. They are outside of normal life, and their job is to engage in brutal combat.
Today they can work for you, tomorrow they will accept money from others to kill you. Money is the only thing that dominates the direction of war for this particular group of mercenaries, unless they die.
Since the 1990s, there has been a succession of international wars. The territorial strife between Ethiopia and Eritrea has not yet subsided, and the wolves of Sri Lanka have reappeared, while at the same time there is another dispute in Sierra Leone ......
In the midst of this huge war frenzy, a peculiar army has emerged, and its name is mercenaries. It can be said that in recent years, as the UN peacekeeping operations have been set back, mercenaries are increasingly becoming the protagonists in countries and regions with volatile situations and constant warfare.
In the 1980s, influenced by the United Nations "international convention against mercenaries", mercenaries gradually faded out of people's view, transformed into commercial organizations to operate.
From the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003 to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in 2010, more than 4,600 U.S. soldiers died on the battlefield in Iraq. In response, a wave of domestic opposition forced the U.S. to once again put mercenaries on the stage of history, recruiting a large number of mercenaries to work for the government.
Since then, all military operations of the U.S. military will appear the figure of mercenaries, they are always at the forefront of the war, until the U.S. soldiers are safely stationed, only to get their due commission to disappear from view.
After the U.S. government broke the international convention against mercenaries designated by the United Nations in the 1980s, various countries began to follow the U.S. lead and recruit mercenaries to fight in various battles to reduce the number of deaths of soldiers in their own armies.
Mercenary groups, which had been dormant for decades, once again became the focus of international attention.
Simply put, this is a group of professional killers who live off war.
They are hired to carry out various assassinations, kidnappings, battles, and even coups. Unraveling the mystery of mercenaries, you will find that in fact, the composition of mercenaries is very complex, all kinds of people, but they have a common characteristic, that is, they all like war, war is everything in their lives.
This is a basic rule that mercenaries follow, and it is also their professional ethics.
