07-17-2012, 07:56 PM
Lines can advance at an angle btw with enough training; we know the Indians routinely did this with their horses, as did the Mongolians. IIRC a very sensible textual emendation makes this likely for Alexander too at the Granikos...but I can't really remember the details two years later. So it is possible. Considering how hard they trained too I wouldn't discount it.
As for Persian army numbers well...trying to constitute them from Greek historiographic texts rather than all the wonderful little NE tablets, texts and material evidence we have seems very odd. See the upcoming monograph by Morgan on the Edinburgh press for such things (though not military, more general Greek views)
As for Persian army numbers well...trying to constitute them from Greek historiographic texts rather than all the wonderful little NE tablets, texts and material evidence we have seems very odd. See the upcoming monograph by Morgan on the Edinburgh press for such things (though not military, more general Greek views)
Jass
