Patron of the podcast James poses this question for Murray, 'The number of Spartan soldiers declined from its high of 10,000 to less than 2,000 around its defeat by Thebes due, in part, to increasing economic concentration and the resulting decline in the number of soldiers able to pay their mess contributions. Did Spartan society recognise this decline as a problem, and were there efforts to reverse this trend? If there were, why did they fail?'
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AW287 - The Marcomannic Wars
AWA286 - Low Casualty figures
AWA285 - Where are the Light Armed Troops?
AWA284 - Comparing the Byzantine conquest of Vandal North Africa with the Punic Wars
AWA283 - Why did the Macedonian phalanx struggle against the Greek mercenary hoplites at Issus?
AW282 - Alexander Attacks Persia
AWA281 - What are you hoping to see when the scrolls from Herculaneum are scanned?
AWA280 - When guides betray
AWA279 - Roman interactions with Dacia
AW278 - Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Disaster
AWA277 - AWA Got a Postcard!
AWA276 - Should Marcus Aurelius have chosen a different successor?
AWA275 - Crassus at Carrhae
AW274 - The Julio-Claudian legion
AWA273 - The stagnation of the phalanx
AWA272 - Targeting battlefield leaders
AWA271 - Soldiers fighting for usurpers
AWA270 - The battle of the Hydaspes
AW269 - The impact of weather on conflict
AWA268 - Why do Probus and Aurelian get no love and Diocletian does?
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