Persian Invasion of 480 BC - articles

[hoplite14gr]

Fabiano, in the "Xerxes 5000000" thread we have argued that this was the real mistake that Xerxes did. He brought an army that could not be sustained easily and that the army colpased under its own weight.
The Greeks were stuborn enough to resist untill the negative factors sprang and time started working against the Persians.
Xerxes campaign had srtiking similarities with Napoleon´s campaign in Russia in mis-calculating resources and ability in their aquisition.

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