Why ancient Greek warfare often centered on summer campaigns

Greek wars often had to fit between farming seasons

Many soldiers in Greek city-states were ordinary citizens who also had farms and other work to return to. As a result, early Greek wars were often limited to summer campaigns and fairly small, decisive battles.

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Spoken Latin became the Romance languages

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Why ancient Greek warfare often centered on summer campaigns

Greek wars often had to fit between farming seasons

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