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The Achaemenid Army: Logistics, Diversity, and War Chariots
While earlier episodes explored the navy, the spies, and the administration of the Persian Empire, we rarely step onto the battlefield to see how it actually functioned. This episode dismantles the myth of a monolithic Persian army by examining its true composition: a vast coalition of subject peoples contributing specific military specialties under Darius I and Xerxes I. We look at the logistical miracle that allowed an army of hundreds of thousands to march from Sardis to Marathon, focusing on the supply trains, the cavalry traditions of the Scythians and Bactrians, and the controversial…
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