Thermopylae:Advance!

[hoplite14gr]

The link was given by Cristina I think.
http://www.classics.und.ac.za/projects/ ... plites.htm
First image is dated possibly to "Marathon" time.
Second image is dated to "Platea" time.
I did not suggest that every non Cretan archer was foreign.
Greeks had let their archery skills decline. It was unwillingly recognized among the Greeks that Skythian and Persian archers were better.
Most archers of Polycrates could well be Samian But 100 Pentikontoroi means minimum 5000 rowers. If Epivate (marines) were also employed then a sizable contignent of foreign archers would also be likely.
He was a tyrant and a pirate too. Some times a sizable contignent of non local mercenaries (Cretans or non-Greeks) could be useful.
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