Quote Originally Posted by Geoffrey S View Post
Why not?
Because then there are more economic ways of winning the battle.

Plenty of cases where they did, whether intentionally or not.
Like I said, 'most' didn't (referring to the sources today's historians consider the most feasible).

If Darius' army can't be smaller, why should Alexanders be?
I'm not saying it can't be smaller, but if it were Alexanders would have to be to.

Is there an ostrich smiley here?
No.