Sikario

Sorry I must clarify. I remember reading that the Roman soldiers favored Mars, but I also read somewhere, it escapes me where now, among a large number of soldiers, their was a belief in a pre-Christian God who promised eternal life to warriors, possibly of Indian, Middle Eastern origin. The God had several arms and was permitted for worship even tho he was not a God of Greco-Roman origin, he became very popular among Roman soldiers of all different origins. If I am correct, the God had several arms and was Babylonian? Possibly, I am not sure. No less, I KNOW this God was praised, as to what his name is, I can't remember. Okay, it was indeed Mithra I was thinking of. Yes, I remember now. Mithra it was. Now, I must ask again about the code or the edicts, I know these existed to. I remember I heard about them in a Law and Order episode hehe, a group of young latins (Puerto Ricans mostrly) led by an older cuban had a gang of modern day Roman soldiers (Wannabe, dressed like normal kids) who followed a code. A code from roman times, which spoke "One Shall Not Speak Ill of the Dead." Spoke of weakness and cowardice as crimes. Possibly, writings of Marcus Aurelius, but did Meditations cover that?

Wasn't some book written by an emperor or a general called the Edicts of the Warrior or something similar. Which had a bunch of philosophy and principles such as "One shall never speak ill of the dead." Also didn't may soldiers in the Roman Army favor Ares as well a God of non-Roman origin from possibly Egypt, Persia, or Sumeria who believed in the afterlife. I believe he had several arms.

Did Roman Warriors have something like a Bushido or Chivalry about them, or a warrior's text or body of stories they followed? In order to empower themselves in outlook, philosophy and in battle?