Newspeak 101
The scenario: Alexander has just dealt with a possible plot against his life. To uncover any other possible dissent in the ranks he urges his men to write home, as they may not get to for awhile. His goons gleefully collect the letters only, Alexander reads them to find out just what his men think of him.
Behold three accounts of what followed:
Justin 3rd century AD - Alexander placed men who had written ill of him into one regiment "with an intention either to destroy them, or to distribute them in colonies in the most distant parts of the earth."
Diodorus 1st century BC - The men were sent into a "Disciplinary Company." He is not specific as to the "discipline."
Mary Renault - 1975 AD - The men were placed into a "special corps - receiving, apparently, no punishment but the slur of unreliability - and challenged to redeem themselves by good performance in action."
You don't know how hard I am holding myself back from finishing my analysis on Renault with "Gosh! I want to join the Special Corps!"
Behold three accounts of what followed:
Justin 3rd century AD - Alexander placed men who had written ill of him into one regiment "with an intention either to destroy them, or to distribute them in colonies in the most distant parts of the earth."
Diodorus 1st century BC - The men were sent into a "Disciplinary Company." He is not specific as to the "discipline."
Mary Renault - 1975 AD - The men were placed into a "special corps - receiving, apparently, no punishment but the slur of unreliability - and challenged to redeem themselves by good performance in action."
You don't know how hard I am holding myself back from finishing my analysis on Renault with "Gosh! I want to join the Special Corps!"