Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander, chapter 9, section 3

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Further, I am of opinion that the full complement of a thousand cavalry would be raised much more quickly and in a manner much less burdensome to the citizens if they established a force of two hundred foreign cavalry.¹ For I believe that the presence of these men would improve the discipline of the whole force and would foster rivalry in the display of efficiency.

1 The 200 mercenaries would be included in the total of 1000.

Xenophon. Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 7. E. C. Marchant, G. W. Bowersock, tr. Constitution of the Athenians. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. 1925.

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