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Re:Monumental Record: the lives of the workers building the ... by 1cvmask on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:13AM (#29890586)
Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army was composed of many groups like Thessalians and Macedonians. Greeks were a small portion of it:

"The Greek cavalry was not considered as effective or versatile as the Thessalian and Macedonian cavalry."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_army

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Re:Monumental Record: the lives of the workers building the ... by gherkinnn on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:13AM (#29891633)
You are correct.

I hesitated using “Greeks”, but then stuck with the common parlance.

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