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@NdRonin1401 @ancientwarfare No - more accepted usage, I think. Not sure why 'machoi' has become more dominant

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@NdRonin1401 @ancientwarfare Hi. Marathonomachai is the term in Aristophanes (Acharnians 181 and Clouds 986) - the earliest survivals of the term - but many modern authors have taken to using 'machoi'

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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (223): What was salvaged from a battlefield? - https://t.co/hbTOZ1t790 with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975

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In the night before the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, Alexander the Great finds inspiration in Homer’s Iliad. Learn more about the reading habits of ancient generals in @murray_dahm’s article in @ancientwarfare XIV.5: https://t.co/hBBLkzxrzt
#ClassicsTober #lamp

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@atwittya George MacDonald Fraser. Started with Flashman then everything else he'd written- including Hollywood history of the world and Border Reivers.

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Now available: Ancient Warfare XV.6 (PDF)! https://t.co/ZZxWwLyt9c

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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (221): How did armies get potable water on campaign? - https://t.co/wbt9cfLz3X with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975

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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (220): What is a useful analogy for talking about ancient warfare? - https://t.co/qhAsmzbp0C with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975

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@gnorimos Can't wait (even preordered!)

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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (219): Respect for the Enemy - https://t.co/KVpC10AarB with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975

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In October 336 BC, king Philip II of Macedon was stabbed by one of his bodyguards, Pausanias, as he entered the theatre of Aegae (Vergina), and died on the spot. In our next issue of @ancientwarfare, we look at the Rise of Macedon during Philip’s reign 👉 https://t.co/tYn3CgunSp

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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (218): What do the columns tell us about the wars depicted? - https://t.co/9PZd5h1rme with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975

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Coming soon: Ancient Warfare XV.6 (pre-order)! https://t.co/rN1LIIZ2YQ

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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (217): Why did generals write back to the senate about what they had done? - https://t.co/FQGKFobgu8 with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975

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@EllieMRoberts 2/2 I mused in some Valentine's Day blogs - https://t.co/VtA5nhJF2B https://t.co/yKz2p0ndEZ I think there are 5 parts in total

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@EllieMRoberts Silphium might tie in with the date and the association with Locri Epizephyrii at the time, and the association with both to the Dioscuri at that period a la the battle of Sagra (both connected also to Battus, founder of Cyrene, and to the Spartan Phormion. 1/2

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@jameshannah Justice Inch

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A new episode of the Ancient Warfare podcast! Podcast Episode (216): Who is your favourite military author/ancient source? - https://t.co/2qXIjkUV9v with @historynetwork, @Lindsay_Powell, and @murray_dahm

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When thinking of the Battle of #Thermopylae in 480 BC, the final stand of the 300 Spartans comes to mind, yet Sparta was not the only city with an elite unit of 300 men: Thebes had the Sacred Band. More in @murray_dahm’s article in @ancientwarfare XIV.2 👉 https://t.co/Yy3u3csRgr