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Just like the title asks...
I think it's rather strange, that the Persians never adopted Hoplite Phalanx into their army...especially since two failed attempts to conquer Greece...
Yeah I know they use Hoplite mercenaries in their wars agains Alexander...but why they never use it earlier...? And why they never make Hoplites from "native Persians"...?
I'm pretty sure that the Persians weren't idiots... (arrogant, maybe...but not stupid...)
So...was it possible for them to use the remaining of Greek armors and shields at Thermopylae, tried to manufacture it by themselves, and then launching the Third Persian Invasion of Greece, by replacing their entire infantry with Hoplite Phalanxes...?
(and, obviously...the Persians have FAR more resources and menpower, compared to the Greeks...)
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