10-02-2016, 10:54 AM
I do not understand why all these academics always underestimate the sizes of steppe armies. They always say: NOPE cannot happen, grossly inflated. If the ancient Chinese were attacked by steppe warriors numbering in the hundreds of thousand’s, then why not the Romans too?? There saying that not only the western sources are wrong, but also the Chinese sources too?!
How about this, lets add up all the casualties of the Peloponnesian war. If you count all the soldiers who died you easily exceed a 100.000. And that’s just for all those that died. What about all the soldiers the Greek cities could in potential supply. Now let’s suppose that a great man united all these Greek cities and you will have a magnificent army. In this way through this tribe process could the steppe peoples amass such large armies. If a little area like ancient Greece can grow so many soldiers then what about the gigantic steppes of Eurasia, a simple lesson in geoscience.
How about this, lets add up all the casualties of the Peloponnesian war. If you count all the soldiers who died you easily exceed a 100.000. And that’s just for all those that died. What about all the soldiers the Greek cities could in potential supply. Now let’s suppose that a great man united all these Greek cities and you will have a magnificent army. In this way through this tribe process could the steppe peoples amass such large armies. If a little area like ancient Greece can grow so many soldiers then what about the gigantic steppes of Eurasia, a simple lesson in geoscience.
