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Sure, but I'm guessing that not a lot of the people who endured the latter situation lived, and they certainly were not doing a lot of writing about their exper
by airza 7y ago
Sure, but I'm guessing that not a lot of the people who endured the latter situation lived, and they certainly were not doing a lot of writing about their experiences.
- jeltz 7y agoI would argue that we know that most people who did lived. Most people, even on the losing side, of ancient battles survived the experience. Formations tended to break and people flee long before all people were dead.
- Leherenn 7y agoAnd usually, most of the killing happened after the rout. Casualties during the battle proper would be surprisingly low.