Never said it did. Just felt like making a little historical aside. >> What "people" say or write the one-dimensional stories you repeat? Lots and lots of peo

Never said it did. Just felt like making a little historical aside. >> What "people" say or write the one-dimensional stories you repeat? Lots and lots of people throughout my life. Sorry I don't have any references and so on. I've heard people say variously that it was gunpowder, horses, or steel. I've heard this from teachers at school, from friends at casual conversations, from fellow wargamers when discussing history, by people in the TV, read comics and watched movies where that was the theme, and so on. As to Thermopylae, it definitely wasn't 300 that made people think that was the number of soldiers on the Greek side. 300 was made because that was the number people knew, as a bit of folklore. And btw, I'm Greek myself which should, I hope, suffice as evidence for my claim. Everybody always forgets the Thespians. If you are aware that those are misconceptions, why do you mind a comment that doesn't suffer from them?