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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

I read this a few months ago and I'm too busy to read it all again, but I can remember some thoughts.

First off, I thought the numbers (and particularly the victories attached to those numbers) in the battles at the start seemed a little implausible. Overturning odds of ten or more to one and so on, a million-man army for the emperor. Can history goons input on how accurate the book is thought to be to the real events?

Second off, I enjoyed the long gushing eulogy for the barbarian prince who lied, died, and left them stranded in Persia. Xenophon stands by his employers.

Third off, when you see him, yes, it's that Socrates.

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