12-08-2009, 07:43 PM
I just noticed this in the quote from Xenophon above:
Three hundred. Again we see this number of hoplites that has nothing to do with hippeis and not even an obvious connection to picking troops from different tribes, but simply a handy unit size.
Quote:[31] And the horsemen of the Lacedaemonians, seemingly very few in number, were formed in line against them. Meanwhile the Lacedaemonians had set an ambush of the younger hoplites, about three hundred in number
Three hundred. Again we see this number of hoplites that has nothing to do with hippeis and not even an obvious connection to picking troops from different tribes, but simply a handy unit size.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
