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I'm watching "Vikings", and the battles show the various British and Viking armies always number a couple hundred at best. Was that really a typical size for an army of Wessex, North Umbria, and Mercia (and the Vikings)? Or could the movie studio just not find enough extras?

by /u/dragnabbit in /r/AskHistorians

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