Dr. Graham Wrightson

throughout the holistic world regardless of your country that's what they're built on and then they add on to the side of it you know your light cavalry your heavy cavalry your archers your javelin men all these other different components right and my book on combined arms talks about how this integration happened through the macedonian system and then takes place in the holistic area

So almost all of the armies are very similarly constructed. We know that from their heritage and from these battles that they take place. And they also integrate elephants and the Seleucids have side chariots, much to their cost. And so we know sort of what the unit types are.

So almost all of the armies are very similarly constructed. We know that from their heritage and from these battles that they take place. And they also integrate elephants and the Seleucids have side chariots, much to their cost. And so we know sort of what the unit types are.

So almost all of the armies are very similarly constructed. We know that from their heritage and from these battles that they take place. And they also integrate elephants and the Seleucids have side chariots, much to their cost. And so we know sort of what the unit types are.

We can somewhat trust our sources when they give us numbers for these units, although numbers in ancient sources are problematic in general. What we don't have is how you recruited these in all the different places, how they trained, how long they trained for, if the recruitment matches the name of the unit.

We can somewhat trust our sources when they give us numbers for these units, although numbers in ancient sources are problematic in general. What we don't have is how you recruited these in all the different places, how they trained, how long they trained for, if the recruitment matches the name of the unit.

We can somewhat trust our sources when they give us numbers for these units, although numbers in ancient sources are problematic in general. What we don't have is how you recruited these in all the different places, how they trained, how long they trained for, if the recruitment matches the name of the unit.

If we say this unit is called this region, does that mean all its soldiers come from that region, or is it just a name that they've inherited because it originally came from that region? We don't know for sure. The officer levels, that's what I work on right now, is trying to piece together.

If we say this unit is called this region, does that mean all its soldiers come from that region, or is it just a name that they've inherited because it originally came from that region? We don't know for sure. The officer levels, that's what I work on right now, is trying to piece together.

If we say this unit is called this region, does that mean all its soldiers come from that region, or is it just a name that they've inherited because it originally came from that region? We don't know for sure. The officer levels, that's what I work on right now, is trying to piece together.

If we can associate that, we don't even know the size of the basic regimental unit and all these different things. There's still dispute about the size of even regiments in Alexander's army. So we have evidence for some staff, and then there's very sparse evidence for other aspects of armies. Well, when you look at, say, the Roman army, for example, we know how they trained.

If we can associate that, we don't even know the size of the basic regimental unit and all these different things. There's still dispute about the size of even regiments in Alexander's army. So we have evidence for some staff, and then there's very sparse evidence for other aspects of armies. Well, when you look at, say, the Roman army, for example, we know how they trained.

If we can associate that, we don't even know the size of the basic regimental unit and all these different things. There's still dispute about the size of even regiments in Alexander's army. So we have evidence for some staff, and then there's very sparse evidence for other aspects of armies. Well, when you look at, say, the Roman army, for example, we know how they trained.

We know how they were gathered. We know how their muster worked. We know how they were commanded, where they came from, how they camped, how many people went into each tent and all this different stuff, right? We don't know any of that for the Macedonian ones. So as you say, when it comes to marching over these massive areas, the logistics...

We know how they were gathered. We know how their muster worked. We know how they were commanded, where they came from, how they camped, how many people went into each tent and all this different stuff, right? We don't know any of that for the Macedonian ones. So as you say, when it comes to marching over these massive areas, the logistics...

We know how they were gathered. We know how their muster worked. We know how they were commanded, where they came from, how they camped, how many people went into each tent and all this different stuff, right? We don't know any of that for the Macedonian ones. So as you say, when it comes to marching over these massive areas, the logistics...

is crazy to comprehend because we do not know really how these armies marched in these areas. And there's great books on logistics famously by Engels on Alexander's army. And for other different campaigns, we have some evidence like the analysis for Xenophon of the 10,000 marching back from from Asia Minor back to Greece and the logistics that go into that.

is crazy to comprehend because we do not know really how these armies marched in these areas. And there's great books on logistics famously by Engels on Alexander's army. And for other different campaigns, we have some evidence like the analysis for Xenophon of the 10,000 marching back from from Asia Minor back to Greece and the logistics that go into that.

is crazy to comprehend because we do not know really how these armies marched in these areas. And there's great books on logistics famously by Engels on Alexander's army. And for other different campaigns, we have some evidence like the analysis for Xenophon of the 10,000 marching back from from Asia Minor back to Greece and the logistics that go into that.

So we know some of it, and we can comparative look at other armies, as I and other scholars do, to compare how much fodder does a horse need, how many camp followers are coming with you. So when we talk about armies marching, I focus on embattled of the 70,000 soldiers, and you forget that there's at least another 70,000 people marching