Persian Invasion of 480 BC - articles

[Aryaman2]

If the Greeks could raise 100.000 troops in a last ditch defence then at least double that number would be required for an attacker.

Kind regards

I doubt they really could raise that number, because for that number we have only 2 sources
1) Literary sources, which are totally unreliable
2) Archaeological lucubrations, that are debatable.

Besides all that, it is not the same to raise an army at home to fight there, or to raise an army and send it through enemy territory. as an example, the Army of Flanders in 1600 had about 65.000 men, but only 10.000 could be mobilized for a field army in campaign.