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I'm always a bit surprised by these royal armies with a few hundred or so riders, since I am used to Hellenistic armies where the 'cavalry hammer' is anywhere from 3,500 to 7,000 cavalry, which has, to my mind, real implications for the ability to turn back such a charge with arrows.

May 6, 2025, 5:28 PM

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