07-22-2006, 08:24 AM
Generally, ALL nations - and OF COURSE, the Greeks... enough! - are "twisting" much the facts...
There is an openning-sceen in a movie ("Braveheart"), when Roberd de Bruce (the Scothish King - and the story's relater) says:
"History is written by the heroes' executioners..."
This is a tiny change of the verb:
"History is written by the VISTORIOUS ones!"
So... every Ancient Greek Historic, was NOT THAT MUCH accurated! Every one of them, showing the Greeks as the "victorious-brave-few" and the defeated (Persians) as the "barbaric-pathetic-many"...
Which is OBVIOUSLY STUPID to think about THAT way and it's also INACCURATED!
(Another example, is the "Battle of Britain", 1940. The "very few" - British - actually, MANY allies fought bravelly with them - like Churchil said, defeated the "mighty ones", the Luftwaffe. He... forgot to mention, that by a SMALL but SERIOUS accident - a bombs loose of a German Heinkel over London - changed the Battle's fate! British took revenge of bombarding Berlin, Hitler gone mad - was he... always? - and he order Herman Goering - Luftwaffe's Chief - to... STOP attacking the airfields and RAF and start... bombarding London only!!!
That was a TRAGIC suffering for citizens, but gave HUGE help to RAF to REGROUP and fight back - and win... History can change by a... butterfly fly in China...)
Persians had a huge army - 70% INDEED was a pathetic folk of savages peasants/subjects... but they ALSO had SUPERB ELITE units, like the "Immortals" and the "Apple-Carriers"!
The problem - HUGE one! - with Persians, wasn't the army quality, was the LEADERS' quality! Persian generals, were like the Medival Ages' generals or Napoleon's Wars time: nobles... and compelely irrelevant with war!
Greek generals were... "dog-war"! Forged in the battle! NO comparing with the fat & lazy noble Persian satraps!
Generally, to study a history fact, you need to study ANY POSSIBLE resource, from ANY SIDE involved...
Regards...
There is an openning-sceen in a movie ("Braveheart"), when Roberd de Bruce (the Scothish King - and the story's relater) says:
"History is written by the heroes' executioners..."
This is a tiny change of the verb:
"History is written by the VISTORIOUS ones!"
So... every Ancient Greek Historic, was NOT THAT MUCH accurated! Every one of them, showing the Greeks as the "victorious-brave-few" and the defeated (Persians) as the "barbaric-pathetic-many"...
Which is OBVIOUSLY STUPID to think about THAT way and it's also INACCURATED!
(Another example, is the "Battle of Britain", 1940. The "very few" - British - actually, MANY allies fought bravelly with them - like Churchil said, defeated the "mighty ones", the Luftwaffe. He... forgot to mention, that by a SMALL but SERIOUS accident - a bombs loose of a German Heinkel over London - changed the Battle's fate! British took revenge of bombarding Berlin, Hitler gone mad - was he... always? - and he order Herman Goering - Luftwaffe's Chief - to... STOP attacking the airfields and RAF and start... bombarding London only!!!
That was a TRAGIC suffering for citizens, but gave HUGE help to RAF to REGROUP and fight back - and win... History can change by a... butterfly fly in China...)
Persians had a huge army - 70% INDEED was a pathetic folk of savages peasants/subjects... but they ALSO had SUPERB ELITE units, like the "Immortals" and the "Apple-Carriers"!
The problem - HUGE one! - with Persians, wasn't the army quality, was the LEADERS' quality! Persian generals, were like the Medival Ages' generals or Napoleon's Wars time: nobles... and compelely irrelevant with war!
Greek generals were... "dog-war"! Forged in the battle! NO comparing with the fat & lazy noble Persian satraps!
Generally, to study a history fact, you need to study ANY POSSIBLE resource, from ANY SIDE involved...
Regards...
aka Romilos
"Ayet`, oh Spartan euandro... koroi pateron poliatan... laia men itin provalesthe,
...dori d`eutolmos anhesthe, ...mi phidomenoi tas zoas. Ouh gar patrion ta Sparta!"
- The Lacedaimonian War Tune -
"Ayet`, oh Spartan euandro... koroi pateron poliatan... laia men itin provalesthe,
...dori d`eutolmos anhesthe, ...mi phidomenoi tas zoas. Ouh gar patrion ta Sparta!"
- The Lacedaimonian War Tune -
