
Originally Posted by
Boleslav
That was written in the 1700s, no? Is that a reliable source?
Refresh my memory - what was the last part of the Roman Empire to be conquered?
Are modern day sources, given their predjudice not only towards ancient sources (ignorantly in many cases, as well as arrogently, pruning the numbers given for troops and men --including the supporting men for many armies, in laymans terms-- to fit their own biased versions of "that could never be that high"), but their ignorance (in many cases) considered reputable?
I would caution you, Mister Boleslav, not to disreguard something on date alone, just because of the date.
For example; though modern sources make the above assumptions and typically do not provide the original numbers given by such men as Livy, or Polybius, etc. (instead substituting much smaller numbers, of their own devising) they are not usually bad, provided they do not shy away from their source material too much.
~John
To train without ever surpassing ones' limits... Is that truly training?
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