Think this is down to the difference between 'fighting men' and the total migratory population, modern sources try to pin down how many men could possibly be fielded where the ancient sources tried to maximise the opposition to make their achievements look greater.
Good example is Caesars conquest of Gaul or the battle of Thermopylae
2026-08-14 08:51:09
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Imisseasternromainempire145395 :
Language traduction issue probably
2026-08-14 01:04:14
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Zac Stapler :
its because the second number is from the alexiad which was counted all the camp followers alongside the soldiers. the pechengs were steppe nomads so their entire civilian population travelled with the army
2026-09-18 04:03:45
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Jago :
My battle set ups in Rome Tw
2026-08-14 03:05:59
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Pride6273 :
people down play the number given so historically we have a guess doesnt mean its true or not. but the dead do out number the living.
2026-09-11 10:12:33
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ME_2.0 :
Hey brother could you drop a link to the article or give the tital?
2026-08-14 03:33:10
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Frost :
600k straight up capping 🥀😭
2026-08-14 02:43:05
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Hannes :
aka all modern archeologist say around 30-40 thousand, but the anhient Philosophen of Biastepholes said it was 1 Million perchenegs and the entire host of hell so they had to find a middleground
2026-08-14 11:50:49
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Chriscross22 :
"All of because of one day, the scyths did not see the month of may"
2026-08-14 10:39:57
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