From: Gene McAloon 

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.

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