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Western Military History II:
The Greeks, Romans, French, and Russians

King Leonidas fighting the Persians at Thermopylae

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"Our archers are so numerous that the flight of their arrows darkens the sun."
                                                                        -Persian envoy
            "So much the better, for we shall fight them in the shade."
                                                        -King Leonidas

Persian Wars

Greek Phalanx Formation

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