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To: yarddog

Total population of Athens at that time was estimated at
300,000 .

Complete mobilization of all available manpower is usually
set at max of 20% of population giving Athens some
60,000 if all manpower was used.


6 posted on 08/08/2010 6:54:06 PM PDT by njslim
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To: njslim

At the battle of Marathon, Athens was able to muster only 10,000 and I would guess that was a maximum effort.That would indicate a population of 50,000 based on the 20% figure.

They only had 11,000 total as Plataea sent their entire army of 1000 to help. Sparta sent their army but they were delayed by a religious festival.


11 posted on 08/09/2010 5:44:15 PM PDT by yarddog
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