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Defined Traps and Gold Earrings

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Ruwan Meepagala
Oct 18, 2022
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A lot of people think that the Archaic Greek hoplites went into battle naked because of images like these:

A lot of people think the Persian Immortals went into battle wearing jewelry including big hoop gold earrings because of images like these:

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