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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 4639922, member: 73473&quot;][USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER]</p><p>The Hellenistic kingdoms were pretty ethnocentric when compared to other armies throughout history. While the Seleucids were not as bad as the Ptolemies in that regard, they certainly did not train locals to fight in the Phalanx. Antiochus’s army at Magnesia numbered at 70,000 and did include galatian’s and eastern horse archers, but the core of the army was the Greek phalanx and Calvary. For the Seleucids to start conscripting non Greeks into the phalanx would be a major departure of ideology and tradition. I agree though, it’s stupid!</p><p>&nbsp;I am reminded of a similar situation with the British empire in WW1 that constantly had manpower shortages in 1917 and 1918, but was adamant not to allow the millions of African colonial troops to fight in Europe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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