100,000 soldiers
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>persians had 100,000 soldiers
>theodosius had 100,000 soldiers
>constantine had 100,000 soldiers
where did this meme come from?
>>331762
Gives the idea of alot.
>>331762
It means a gorrillion soldiers
Herodotus started the meme of overestimating the enemy forces whilst underestimating the Greeks. Eventually people decided to just overestimate both sides.
>>331762
They didn't use 100,000 literally, they used it for "fucking many"
>>331762
Didn't Xerxes have some 5 million men according to Herodotus?
>dem overinflated arab sources during the byzantine/sassanid conquest
>>332140
Herodotus was the original shitposter baiter troll.
>>331762
ONE
HUNDRED
GORILLION
_____
>>332140
Nah it was like 1.5 mil
>>332140
yes
>150,000 native persians/medes
>200,000 from the tribes of ethiopia and kush
>350,000 mesopotamians
>75,000 support archers from Egypt
>145,000 israelites and canaanites
>450,000 marines and hoplites from Ionia and Phoencia
>3.5 million giant gold digging ants from India
>>332174
Even with realistic numbers they were still outnumbered
>>332300
How considering both Empires suffered a plague that pretty much killed over 50 million people inbetween them right before the invasion while they have been fighting on and off for the last centuries?
