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Explanation: Sources in antiquity are generally fond of inflating numbers. Funny enough, Caesar is one of the less egregious offenders in this, though even the least critical modern view of the numbers of enemy forces he gives would consider it only an estimate, and a high estimate at that, rather than a serious attempt at objectivity.
Are you trying to tell me there weren’t 1 million Persians at the battle of Thermopylae?!
I dunno man, those gates were damn hot
They had to be, so they could dine in hell.
Oh I thought it was because the girl forgot to carry the 1.
I fought
a drunkard and his doga thousand enemies, and…- I won: see, I’m that awesome!
- I lost: can you really blame me? I swear, I was fighting against the odds!
