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Old 06-19-2006, 13:40 PM   #11 (permalink)
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And the Persians also managed to capture Athens later, and sacked it too. Cavalry assisted by archers must have played a major role in defeating the Greeks, since an infantry force would have found it difficult to sustain against the disciplined Greeks army.
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