IN OLDEN TIMES
 
 As the Greek Empire was loosing its dominance both as
a maritime and military power, the Etruscans were on the
rise. They used superior tactics and combative prowess in
their conquests of lesser tribes. Until they had defeated all
forces and conquered all of their neighboring states. They dealt
harshly with their defeated foes, and took the best of their
fighting men back as prisoners to become slaves or gladiators.
But even as their empire grew in size and population, they did
not loose their taste for combat and they forced their captives
to fight in the arena, often to the death. Only the best of the
fighters were allowed to fight, in the nude and weaponless, in
this way they could be controlled and the matches stopped
before the winner killed the looser, so that they might fight
again.
 Before the old king, Tahl died, he had private combats
held in the palace courtyard, the ultimate victor would become
the new king. It was an honor be invited to view these fights
but an even higher achievement to be chosen to FIGHT. After
numerous combats over a period of several months, it became
obvious that one of his most trusted lieutenants, Po, was the
best. But was also obvious that the final match would be a
fight to the death between Po and Garth, another veteran of
many campaigns. Garth was forced to fight against the best of
the proven officers for the chance to meet Po. Garth proved
his worthiness by defeating everyone that was chosen to fight
against him. He was then paired with Po in a death match. Garth
over powered Po and crushed his throat depriving him of his
life. He became king with the defeat of Po, but it was a hard
fight and there were several times that he almost lost. He kept
his body in excellent condition by constant physical training
to maintain his superior muscular strength. His dirty fighting
abilities were honed to razor sharpness by his constant fights
with other soldiers in the barracks or in hand to hand combat
with the enemy during a campaign.
 As the new King, Garth led his legions on a trail of
military expeditions, extending the empire and conquering all
who attempted to stand against him. As he defeated each army
that stood in his way, he sent the best and most muscular
captives back to his capital, Milosium. Where on his return,
the cream of each conquered army would fight for his personal
satisfaction. They would fight in the greatest combat spectacle
that any one had seen, until only one remained.
 His first campaign was to invade Greece. They fought
many pitched battles until they had the Greeks trapped in the
Peloponnesus, the home of the Spartans. The best of the Greeks
taken alive was a Spartan by the name of Thesus. He was a
champion Wrestler and Pancratist who had won numerous laurels
in the Greek Olympic Games, some by default because no one
would meet his challenge in the Pancration. His favorite
technique for defeating a wrestling opponent was a combination
neck breaker/sleeper hold, several of his opponents died from
his powerful grip before they would submit. In the Pancration
he usually defeated his opponents mercilessly attacking their
unprotected testicles with vicious kicks, knees, and punches.
Before he would squeeze and twist them with his powerful hands
until they either submitted or passed out.
 After the very successful Greek campaign, Garth moved
north and attacked the Gauls. The champion Gaul came from the
French King's personal body guard. Where as most men fought
only with their hands and arms, Armis had trained himself to
use his feet. A man's feet can deliver much more powerful and
damaging blows than his hands because his legs are stronger and
longer than his arms. Armis used his feet with deadly accuracy
to land bone crushing blows to his opponents or any one who
attempted to fight with him. He could even defeat a man using a
sword.
  After defeating the Gauls, Garth turned his attention
to the Goths who lived further north. They were fierce
fighting tribes that wandered from one encampment to another.
When two of the of these tribes came in contact there was sure
to be a savage battle that lasted until the weaker of the
tribes was wiped out or assimilated into the stronger group. As
Garth moved into their territory the outer tribes were easily
defeated, but the fighting grew slower and more brutal the
deeper that he penetrated into their land until Garth met the
most powerful of the tribes. After several weeks of constant
running battles, Garth took their king Odis captive, and all
resistance ceased. Thor was one of the most powerful of the
Odis's soldiers that was taken prisoner. He had killed several
of Garth's best men before he was overcome and captured.
 Then he swung south and drove through the Iberian
peninsula where he met with little organized resistance or heavy

fighting. Until he crossed the Straights of Hercules and
entered North Africa. At first he only had to contend with
nomadic tribes, then he reached Carthage. Where some of the
most savage fighting of this long campaign of conquest took
place. Garth crushed the Carthaginians, but only at a tremendous

cost to his own men. Because of the losses that he suffered
only one of the enemy, Romus, was taken prisoner, all the
others were put to death.
 After Garth's conquest of Carthage, he went south into
the Sudan. He returned home with a huge Nubian, Rufus, who was
a head taller than most men and his rich ebony skin was tightly
stretched over his heavily muscled frame. It took six of Garth's
men using a large net and long poles to capture him without
killing him like many of his friends. He was the talk of the
entire city after he was paraded through the streets wrapped in
chains and tied securely in the back of a wagon. There would be
heavy betting on him to emerge the victor of the special
games.
 Garth assembled his personal body guard and most of
his loyal commanders and their hand picked men, the best of
each unit in the royal courtyard. The men dropped their tunics,
exposing their cocks and low slung balls, before they formed a
large oval with Garth at one end. Garth was reclining on a
large pile of pillows on a small raised platform so that he
could view the coming fights better. The 5 prisoners were led
into the open area where they were unchained. Then they were
made to draw lots to find out who would be first to fight. The
winner would remain and be forced to fight until only one man
remained. When the initial pairing turned out to be Thesus,
the Greek, and Romus, the Carthaginian, Garth's cock started to
stiffen along with most of his men. The winner would fight
Armis the Gaul.
 Thesus and Romus cautiously circled each other. Both
were champion wrestlers but Thesus had the edge of being a
pancratist. Thesus felt that he might be able to defeat Romus by
just using wrestling techniques, but that he was sure to defeat
him by pancration. Romus leaped at Thesus and wrapped his long
strong arms around his waist, locking him in a bear hug. Their
bodies were tightly locked together the sweat lubricated their
muscular chests, allowing their flesh slide without any
friction. Thesus's arms were pinioned at his sides and Romus
dug his knuckles into his spine. He lifted Thesus up and
brought his knee up sharply between Thesus's legs and drove it
in to his crotch. Thesus's balls were ground into his pubis and
he screamed in pain. But he worked his hands into position and
seized Romus's nuts, one with each hand. When he started to
crush them between his fingers and thumb, Romus broke the hold
and slammed a powerful forearm into Thesus's chest. Driving
him back and breaking his grip on his balls. Thesus quickly
recovered and clamped Romus in a side headlock before he threw
him to the hard ground with a high hip roll. Romus landed flat
on his back and Thesus crashed solidly into his chest, there
was a loud "snap" and two of Romus's ribs were broken. With the
wind knocked out of him and his ribs hurting, Romus was not
going to be beaten with out putting up a fight. But Thesus
wasn't going to allow him to reverse his position and released
his head lock. He rolled over Romus and drove his right fist
deep into his hard muscled gut while he reached for his throat
with his left hand. As his fingers closed around Romus's
throat, his other hand was slipping lower into his bush until
he clamped his fingers around Romus's more than ample scrotum.
Thesus dug his fingers deeper and deeper into Romus's soft
tender flesh. Then he reared up and drove both of his knees
into Romus's ribs before he picked him and held him over head
at arms length. Romus was racked with pain, his arms and legs
were flailing as he struggled to escape from this unbearable
torture before he succumbed. Thesus saved his strength by
bringing Romus over his bent knee, and broke his back. Thesus
stood up and the lifeless form fell in a heap at his feet. The
crowd cheered and Thesus was granted a brief respite before his
next battle with the Gaul, Armis.