Joe Shearer
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sigh ... I am not looking for certificates from you. Why should it not be considered a weakness that they were conquered in the first place.
You should be, considering your state of disrepair in matters historical.
It need not be considered a weakness - there is no norm, as far as I know,in such matters - because it was 'they', not 'that'. They were a series of city states and small principalities which were no match for the ruthless fighting machine that had evolved from Greek hoplite ranks, to Theban phalanx, to Macedonian phalanx. I hope that having come to a defence forum to bash Muslims and Pakistanis, at least some faint smears of military history have rubbed off on you and you can recognise these terms as military formations. I hope that you will also realise that phalanxes did not scale mountains or assault fortifications, it was the discipline of the Macedonians and the courage of their king and commander-in-chief that won the day. And lastly, I hope you realise how stupid you sound wondering why some hill-peasants could not stand against the leading military genius of the age.