What the Delta fight showed: Capital & Group Fights being ruined by...

[Thunderer]

Some 5000 Greeks used a choke point to hold off and deal considerable damage to the Persian army that was some 2,000,000 strong.

The number of Persians was closer to 100,000

Herodotus, our main source on this, was hired to write his Histories by the Athenians for the purpose of glorifying their ultimate victory. That's why we meet those huge numbers, like 5 million men or 5 thousand ships. A lot like when you win a battle in Disco and then write a report with bloated enemy losses to make yourself look even cooler

Ofc, this isn't relevant for this thread. But this thread isn't relevant any more itself