Re: [GZG] Point Systems

["Eric Foley" <stiltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>
> On 11/4/06, Eric Foley <stiltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The Greeks were ludicrously outnumbered by the Persians at Marathon, and
> > won.
> > Alexander the Great was outnumbered by Darius III at both Issus and
> > Gaugemala, and won.

> In both those cases, the "points cost" of the two sides were a lot
> closer than it looks--the Persians went for bucket-loads of garbage
> troops intended to swamp the opposition by sheer numbers.  Every one
> of the Greek line infantry was wearing an expensive hoplite panoply.

Yeah, this is largely true.  In a way, the Greeks against the Persians were 
probably the best example of quality defeating quantity -- as opposed to the 
Napoleonic French against the Russians or the Germans against the Soviets in 
WW2, where the opposite occured.

E 


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