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Re:As Xenophon saw it by jamiek88 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @11:34AM (#18891897)
Poor merchants, prostitutea and all kinds of people serving/scavenging from the army would follow the train in those times.

/r/askhistorians has a great thread on this, will try and find it.

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Re:As Xenophon saw it by sherr on Saturday January 12, 2019 @11:44AM (#18891941)
Probably a lot of slaves as well. One has to consider how a large band of soldiers survives "in country". A lot of pillaging, ravaging and general nastiness. Slaves were a fact of life back then.
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