10 sentences with 'mercenaries'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mercenaries and other words derived from it.
• « Likewise, the polis came to rely on mercenaries, many of whom (ironically) went on to serve the Persians after the war. »
• « He hired mercenaries to supplement his Macedonian troops, ending up with the largest army Macedonia had ever seen. »
• « All things considered, this was a far-fetched plan; Persia was by far the "superpower" of its time, and since the end of the Persian War, more than a century earlier, numerous Greeks had served the Persian kings as mercenaries and traders. »
• « Instead, the first two years of the invasion consisted of Macedonian and Greek forces facing smaller Persian armies, some of which even included Greek mercenaries. »
• « For hundreds of years there were complex relationships between the various tribes and the Roman Empire in which the Romans fought with the Germanic tribes and, increasingly, hired them to serve as mercenaries. »
• « Fewer independent citizens meant fewer good soldiers, and Byzantium's armies thus became dominated by foreign mercenaries paid out of the imperial treasury, placing an enormous financial burden on the empire. »
• « As the wars between Rome and Persia became more destructive after the Sassanid takeover in AD 234, Arabs emerged as important mercenaries and political clients of both empires. »
• « For the first time in history, the Arabs embarked on a sustained campaign of conquest rather than serving others as mercenaries. »
• « The Arabs conquered Persia not only because it was weakened by its wars with Byzantium (especially its defeat by Heraclius in 627), but because many Arab clans had fought as mercenaries for both sides in the conflict; great wealth had flowed into Arabia for decades, and the Arabs were already veteran soldiers. »
• « In the end, the Vikings became increasingly knowledgeable about the places they raided, in some cases working as mercenaries for kings who hired them to defend against other Vikings. »