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Alexander's Successors at War: The Spartan Adventurer

The Ancients

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Syrenean Courage - A Final Face Off With Thibrone

The syrenaeans had amassed one of the largest armies in their city's history. 30 thousand soldiers were mustered, called to arms to oppose the spartan and his musters. The infantry nucleus consisted of citizen hoplites, part time soldiers equipped with spears and shields. Both sides staked all of victory under the sweltering libyan sun. Thibron's smaller, but more experienced force soon started to win the all important infantry fight.

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