H5) The Persians were ruthless. They were a massive fighting society. They had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. They were intelligent. They were well trained. Yet when they fought Sparta, they always had a rough time, even though they outnumbered the Spartans by a great deal. That is a real mystery. Were the Spartans that good? Or were the Persians that bad. | H5) The Persians were ruthless. They were a massive fighting society. They had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. They were intelligent. They were well trained. Yet when they fought Sparta, they always had a rough time, even though they outnumbered the Spartans by a great deal. That is a real mystery. Were the Spartans that good? Or were the Persians that bad. |