
Three Moves Ahead 554: Empires and Imperialism with Bret Devereaux
Three Moves Ahead
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The Saluked Army
The seluced army was famous for in the ancient world, for having a heavy infantry corps and specialist fighters from all over the empire. Ah, and it's really striking that the selukids can never quite get these fellows to fight as hard and as effectively as they will fight for themselves. And these guys are tough fighters when they control their own country, ah, but in a saluked army, they fold fast a when pressed,. Because because they don't care. It's not their state. They're not full members of it. A, you know, no, if things look like they’re not going well, youl like it. I itha thet
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