46/50 A review of the improvements amounting to a complete revolution in arms and attack effected by Cyrus. This is imagined as an ideal accompaniment to the archic man and conqueror. Xenophon nowadays on the relative advantages of the bayonet and the sword, cavalry and infantry, etc., would have been very interesting.Cf.a writer like Forbes. "Syrians." The word is used loosely, including the Assyrians and their kindred. |