110 Xenophon and "The Ten Thousand"
The History of Ancient Greece
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The Use of Mercenaries in the Pelopnesian War
10,000 Greek hop lights were available for such a purpose after the Pelopnesian War. The use of mercenaries was lamented by political thinkers who thought that their growing importance marked a decline from Polis Morality. Xenophon himself knew about this hostility and seemed in his anabasis to respond to attacks made on the 10,000.
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