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Heroism, then and now. When I say then and now I mean in the early hundreds to before Christ was born, I'm talking Anglo-Saxon time, I'm talking Celtic, early roman days in great Britain. Before there were superstars and all these talks of these fictional comic book characters there were heroes. Now when I say the word hero or when people hear it now days the first thought that comes to mind are superman, and batman, but no, those aren't heroes. What your going to read today is the difference of heroes then and now, yes there's a big difference, I know your thinking all heroes are the same, they save the day right? Wrong, not only do they save the day but they do so much more.
Back in the day, around 450 BC, in the middle of the fifth century Anglo-Saxons from Germany invaded Britain. They took over and became the population in Britain, now Anglo's were warriors, they could fight and would fight for there kings and people. What would they fight? People? Ghost? No, their heroes......

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