Persian Invasion of 480 BC - articles

[Aryaman2]

Well, the fact that we are able to say anything about them indicates a basic level of knowledge, doesn't it? You imply that we know very little, but, in fact, Napoleon's Army and, in particular, the Peninsular War and the Hundred Days, was something I studied for my own interest. I've been to Burgos and I've read Victor Hugo's description of the Battle of Waterloo (among others). There was a particularly good book on the Waterloo Campaign, called "An Infamous Army", which I found very informative.

If you have studied the Peninsular War you should be familiar with the enormous logistical problems that Wellington faced with an army that was regularly under 50.000 strong. Then try to imagine the problems of Xerxes with a much larger force.