This thread is dedicated to the discussion of historical mercenaries and mercenary bands
>>898709
Xenophon was the best of them all
>>898727
there's no way you're walking through that, dressed like that, without losing your feet to frostbite.
first for condottiere
>>898709
books on mercenaries
http://pastebin.com/q3NKTU7J
Carthage's armies was mainly composed of mercenaries.
In general, the longer your campaign takes and the farther away from home you are, the more mercenaries become valuable.
Can Albrecht von Wallenstein be considered a mercenary?
>>898732
You can if you're Xenophon
