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Jiang treats the Sacred Band of Thebes as the secret of Theban power because it showed that trained volunteers and commoners could become elite soldiers.
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Jiang treats the Sacred Band of Thebes as the secret of Theban power because it showed that trained volunteers and commoners could become elite soldiers.
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Philip's controversial reform was to turn the army into a meritocracy by making noble cavalry and common infantry equal in promotion according to battlefield performance.
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"...these 300 people were volunteers. They were called volunteers. They were commoners who wanted to be soldiers. And so the first thing Philip learned..."
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"...full of nobility, equal to the infantry, which was made of commoners, peasants. So in this new system, as long as you perform well..."
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"...in Britain. Okay? These are not the elite. These are just commoners. And so, with an oral culture you have a stronger memory, imagery,..."
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"...second estate is nobility the third estate is everyone else the commoners okay so what happens is the third estate breaks off and they..."
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"...lot of money. These are aristocrats. Newton is actually the first commoner, the first non -royal in English history to receive a state funeral...."
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"...mental or linguistic Kung Fu right to go beat up these commoners who dare to think they're equals one one most"
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