07-30-2007, 11:21 PM
I agree with you, Nik ! 
If the 'Anabasis' of Xenophon showed just how vulnerable Persia was to a well-motivated Greek army, then it was because the Persians really weren't trying that hard against them.
Building on that experience, the ambitious Spartan King Agesilaus tried conquest, and failed to make much of an impact, even when it was only Western satrapies he had to deal with, let alone The Great King !! :wink: :wink:
If the 'Anabasis' of Xenophon showed just how vulnerable Persia was to a well-motivated Greek army, then it was because the Persians really weren't trying that hard against them.Building on that experience, the ambitious Spartan King Agesilaus tried conquest, and failed to make much of an impact, even when it was only Western satrapies he had to deal with, let alone The Great King !! :wink: :wink:
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
