10-19-2006, 07:08 PM
Quote:Literary sources, which are totally unreliableWhat on earth brings you to that conclusion? Totally unreliable? Then wtf are we all doing here?
The size of armies in ancient times is always based on literary sources, and they are always unreliable, they are always inflated.
Quote:The evidence of Persian inneficient logistics, when compared to the much more efficient MacedonianOh? What makes you think that? Where do you base that on?
Oh right - literary sources. Oh! But! Weren't these totally unreliable?
Inaki, the Persian Empire was a vast affair that lasted for centuries, on of the reasons being that it did not support its armies with inefficient logistics. But please tell me why you think that Macedonian logistics were much more efficient.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
