Ta!
Good article. I'll even forgive you the hoard pun.
Keep it up, Lewey
Tomb-raid boffins find golden hoard of the warrior Thracians
Archaeologists in Bulgaria are chuffed today to announce that golden treasures and artifacts produced by the ancient Thracians have been discovered in a subterranean tomb complex in the north of the country. The treasures include snake-headed bracelets, a golden crown or tiara type affair, a golden horse head and piles of …
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Friday 9th November 2012 16:32 GMT I ain't Spartacus
Re: eh?
Well the Athenians would have won, having forced Sparta to make peace. Only they got greedy and started it all up again, and lost everything in Sicily.
As you say though, Alexander did a lot of wandering round Turkey beating up the Persians, and he still liked a good phalanx. The Romans were still using something similar until one of their military organisations (Marius I think?), about 100BC. The third line of troops in a legion was still basically a mini-phalanx.
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