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Xenophon, speaking through the mouthpiece of Cyrus the Great, tells us how superior cavalry is to heavy infantry. Was this an unusual perspective for a Greek general to take, given that the Greeks used heavy infantry as the mainstay of their armies?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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