Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
Ancient civilisations tended to enslave children, not slaughter them. Even when slaughters occurred, such as in a sack, killing children wasn't regarded as brave. You certainly didn't have people sitting half a world away saying that such actions were brave. Brave involves facing off against other men. That's why cultures celebrate manhood and coming of age. It's another brave (note the word) to the collection.
I'm speaking particularly of individual interpersonal violence, rather than the policies or behaviors of martial congregations. Impunity was the rule of cultures up to the 20th century, and men killed whomever they pleased as long as they could get away with it.

But again, this isn't relevant to the subject of bravery.