02-15-2012, 08:40 PM
The days standards? What were the standards of the day?
And 10 times any figure? very precise maths.
What I am trying to say is the Empire of Persia was more than 10 times the siz of Greece,
so they were well able to demand a massive levy to meet their needs.
Precisely what figure, I cannot say, but I still think it would have been huge,
given the description of it's build up and it's movement through anatolia and across the Hellespont,
and across the northern Balkans and Thrace.
All these areas, whether they submitted or not, would require garrisoning.
And 10 times any figure? very precise maths.
What I am trying to say is the Empire of Persia was more than 10 times the siz of Greece,
so they were well able to demand a massive levy to meet their needs.
Precisely what figure, I cannot say, but I still think it would have been huge,
given the description of it's build up and it's movement through anatolia and across the Hellespont,
and across the northern Balkans and Thrace.
All these areas, whether they submitted or not, would require garrisoning.
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
