09-14-2012, 06:16 PM
Quote:When Athens lost 40,000 of its citizens in sicly in 415,http://www.ancientgreekbattles.net/Pages/47932_Population.htm it had sent 40,000/71,500, ie 55% of its males of mil age off to war in Sicliy, and lost almost all of them.
You have repeated this ad nauseum. Perhaps you have some source evidence to back it up? I do not see Athens committing anything near that number of her citizens to that disaster.
Quote:At Salamis in 480 BC, the Athenians had 180 ships. We can probably assume that they manned them all
And that is an assumption destroyed by Herodotus. Plataea supplied rowers and Athens gave twenty ships to Chalcis to man at Artemesium. Given the losses there are you suggesting she suddenly produced more citizens for Salamis?
Paralus|Michael Park
Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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