From: Adam Flinton 

Gene McAloon wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:51:29 +0100, Adam Flinton

> wrote:
>
>
>>Phil Payne wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Nope. We've raised Colonial militias/native levies wherever we had
colonies.
>>>
>>>
>>>A practice started by the Romans.
>>>
>>
>>Nah.....every empire has done it. You should read the Persian
>>Wars.....when the Persians came to Greece they had regiments drawn from
>>just about every part of their empire as well as the core
"immortals".
>>
>>Adam
>
>
> The Persians also hired mercenaries. When Alexander marched east, some of the
> best troops he faced were Greeks.

Yup but that was also coz he'd just gone round greece crushing em &
many had b*ggered off rather than get mashed/enslaved (e.g. the Thebans)

Adam

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