Photos from Marathon

[Dan D'Silva]

Those hardly look like the ethnic Persian elites at Marathon.

Think of it as a small-scale representation of the variety of imperial forces! I think, if we were going to have only a dozen or so, it was better for there to be Skythians, Thrakians and Ionians too instead of only Persians.

... That having been said, next time it might be nice to have enough of each to form solid-looking contingents. In fact, ever since the second day of Marathon, I've been thinking we should hold a recruitment campaign for the next round of events in Greece.