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I. The Man Beneath the Legend History loves a dual-wielding hero, and so it has given you Miyamoto Musashi, the swordsman who held two blades and defeated all who dared to challenge him. The legends say he descended from demons, that he never bathed, that he was a wild

I. The Man Beneath the Legend History loves a dual-wielding hero, and so it has given you Miyamoto Musashi, the swordsman who held two blades and defeated all who dared to challenge him. The legends say he descended from demons, that he never bathed, that he was a wild

I. The Man Beneath the Legend History remembers Julius Caesar as the man who shattered the Republic, a figure so monolithic he eclipses the sky. He is often portrayed as a cartoon of ambition—either the brilliant tactician or the tyrant begging for a knife. But when you step away

I. The Man Beneath the Legend History remembers Julius Caesar as the man who shattered the Republic, a figure so monolithic he eclipses the sky. He is often portrayed as a cartoon of ambition—either the brilliant tactician or the tyrant begging for a knife. But when you step away

I. The Man Beneath the Legend History has a habit of turning conquerors into Titans, stripping away the blood and the sweat until only the statue remains. When you look at Alexander, you are shown a golden figure, a son of a god who swept across the earth like a

I. The Man Beneath the Legend History has a habit of turning conquerors into Titans, stripping away the blood and the sweat until only the statue remains. When you look at Alexander, you are shown a golden figure, a son of a god who swept across the earth like a

I. The Man Beneath the Legend History has painted Leonidas I in the colors of a Hollywood blockbuster—the chiseled torso, the crimson cape, the last stand against an infinite horde. They have made him a symbol of glorious suicide, a man who sought death as if it were a