Quote Originally Posted by vartan View Post
By the 8th century BCE we already have upwards of 70k armies (see Assyria). By the 5th century BCE the Achaemenids far surpass this capability, by at least double. The supporting non-militants can easily make the numbers of the people (warrior and other) in the invading army reach 200-250k and beyond.
Yes, I seem to have forgotten a 0 in there.

700 thousand I meant.

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