"The Persian [Achaemenid] Army" Topic
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Tango01 | 30 May 2019 1:09 p.m. PST |
"Persian military forces were drawn from all areas of the Empire, members of the elite corps as well as conscripts levied for local action or for major campaigns. Thus the label "Persian" is not to be understood as describing the ethnic makeup but rather the troops' allegiance, fighting under Persian officials or commanders. As has been seen, however, the command structure was not thoroughly Persian by any means either, save at the very top of the hierarchy, including most satraps and of course the King himself. The Old Persian word kra may be translated either as "army" or as "people." This reveals the army's ultimate origin – among the Persians themselves, many of whom came to form the corps of the standing army – as it results in occasional confusion in modern translation. When kra appears in a text, it is not always evident to us whether the people as a collective group or the specific subset of the army is meant…." Main page link
Amicalement Armand |
goragrad | 31 May 2019 10:29 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 01 Jun 2019 12:25 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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