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There are vases that
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showed the Persian soldiers at Marathon,
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and they are wearing pants,as I told you,
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but they're not wearing any armor.
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Their shield is a kind of wicker shield,
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so that their armament is much inferior to the hoplites,
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and keep in mind too,
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that the Persian army has always been made up of
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a collection of subject peoples.
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Yes there will be some Persians,
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but there will also be
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lots of folks who are not Persians in there.