Re:2,100-year-old Alexander the Great mosaic analyzed for re...
by jaapz on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @09:13AM
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The next paragraph, or actually next sentence adresses this immediately:
> These ancient written sourced troop numbers are likely greatly exaggerated as more modern accounting of the battle puts the numbers much lower, but it is how the story was told for the better part of 2,300 years.
> These ancient written sourced troop numbers are likely greatly exaggerated as more modern accounting of the battle puts the numbers much lower, but it is how the story was told for the better part of 2,300 years.