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Xerxes Five Million Men
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06-03-2005, 11:34 AM
Usually in every empire there are the client states and the vassals.
Xerxes could have used them to suppress the subject rebels.
After Darios fiasco in Skythia they used extensively Skythian mercenaries just like Romans did with Sarmatians and Alans. Better recorded similar cases are recorded in the history of the Byzantine empire.
Prompted by Aryaman's postings I am geting the impression that the campaign in Greece might be part of revolt supression campaign or developed from a revolt supression campaign. Xerxes had the troops assembled and thought why not? Greeks put a tougher fight than he expected.
I think I will research the story from that angle and see what comes out.
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Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-19-2005, 04:02 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Aryaman2 - 05-19-2005, 06:08 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-19-2005, 06:48 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Carlton Bach - 05-19-2005, 06:53 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-19-2005, 07:18 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-19-2005, 07:26 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Aryaman2 - 05-19-2005, 07:48 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-19-2005, 08:22 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-19-2005, 08:40 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-19-2005, 10:55 PM
Xerces millions - by Anonymous - 05-20-2005, 10:08 AM
Numbers - by Aryaman2 - 05-20-2005, 12:15 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-20-2005, 12:58 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-20-2005, 02:16 PM
armies and field armies - by Aryaman2 - 05-20-2005, 03:47 PM
Re: armies and field armies - by floofthegoof - 05-20-2005, 04:36 PM
Re: armies and field armies - by Anonymous - 05-20-2005, 04:46 PM
Logistics - by Felix - 05-20-2005, 06:35 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-20-2005, 06:43 PM
Re: Logistics - by floofthegoof - 05-20-2005, 06:47 PM
proposals - by Aryaman2 - 05-20-2005, 06:58 PM
Re: proposals - by floofthegoof - 05-20-2005, 07:34 PM
Re: proposals - by hoplite14gr - 05-21-2005, 01:02 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 05-22-2005, 03:30 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-22-2005, 11:50 AM
Re: Logistics - by Anonymous - 05-22-2005, 04:30 PM
Xerxes\' 5 million - by Anonymous - 05-22-2005, 04:39 PM
Re: proposals - by Anonymous - 05-22-2005, 05:01 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 05-23-2005, 12:01 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-23-2005, 12:03 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Aryaman2 - 05-23-2005, 12:53 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-23-2005, 03:23 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-23-2005, 03:43 PM
more numbers - by Aryaman2 - 05-23-2005, 08:23 PM
Re: more numbers - by floofthegoof - 05-23-2005, 09:40 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-24-2005, 12:10 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 05-24-2005, 06:21 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 05-24-2005, 07:57 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-24-2005, 08:14 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-24-2005, 08:26 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-25-2005, 10:55 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Aryaman2 - 05-25-2005, 01:36 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-25-2005, 02:03 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-25-2005, 07:21 PM
Xerxes\' 5 million - by Anonymous - 05-26-2005, 10:16 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-27-2005, 12:43 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-27-2005, 02:19 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-27-2005, 03:30 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-27-2005, 04:17 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-27-2005, 06:20 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-27-2005, 06:21 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-28-2005, 12:14 PM
Granikos - by Aryaman2 - 05-31-2005, 07:43 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 05-31-2005, 10:57 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-31-2005, 01:41 PM
Bibliography - by Aryaman2 - 05-31-2005, 02:08 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 05-31-2005, 03:24 PM
logistics - by Aryaman2 - 05-31-2005, 04:52 PM
Re: logistics - by floofthegoof - 05-31-2005, 05:37 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 05-31-2005, 11:48 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Anonymous - 06-01-2005, 09:28 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Anonymous - 06-01-2005, 09:43 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 06-01-2005, 01:55 PM
Xerxes 5 million - by Anonymous - 06-01-2005, 04:34 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 06-01-2005, 06:44 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 06-01-2005, 07:52 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 06-01-2005, 09:14 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Felix - 06-02-2005, 01:03 AM
The Persian point of view - by Aryaman2 - 06-02-2005, 06:00 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 06-02-2005, 11:20 AM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 06-02-2005, 02:17 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Aryaman2 - 06-02-2005, 05:18 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by floofthegoof - 06-02-2005, 05:56 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by Aryaman2 - 06-02-2005, 06:27 PM
Re: Xerxes Five Million Men - by hoplite14gr - 06-03-2005, 11:34 AM

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