02-13-2012, 01:13 AM
OK. I'm not sure why we have two threads on this? Perhaps this one could be renamed Thermopylai Logistics (rather than about a film as such)?
But in any event, I am also dubious about the provisioning of such a huge force. I can't remember if it was Leonidas or not, but one Spartan said "the Persians come to rob us of our poverty"!
Xerxes would perhaps have left a sizable chunk of his army in the better provided Thessalian plains, because I think the Malian terrain was probably less bountiful, to put it mildly. Once the plug at Thermopylai had been removed the remainder could have followed his advance contingent. Even so one has to wonder about the water issue in a country like Greece so notoriously dry - and in August too.
PS. I note the thread has actually been renamed now ... :oops:
But in any event, I am also dubious about the provisioning of such a huge force. I can't remember if it was Leonidas or not, but one Spartan said "the Persians come to rob us of our poverty"!
Xerxes would perhaps have left a sizable chunk of his army in the better provided Thessalian plains, because I think the Malian terrain was probably less bountiful, to put it mildly. Once the plug at Thermopylai had been removed the remainder could have followed his advance contingent. Even so one has to wonder about the water issue in a country like Greece so notoriously dry - and in August too.
PS. I note the thread has actually been renamed now ... :oops:
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