[quote=@poog the pig]
I'm gonna have to side with Kho on this one, Lifprasil's entire mortal army caps out at 100,000 currently, with a soon-to-be division of 5,000 Cosmic Knights; meaning he has more than enough manpower to sling around a massive stick. In comparison, Rome had an army the size of 450,000 men at its peak, which is where I'm mostly drawing inspiration for Alefpria from.

EDIT: To emphasize, most of Lifprasil's army is currently on inactive duty, his active forces cap out at 30,000, most of which are going to be fielded in the Xerxes battle.
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Well Rukbany is no Rome, and in any case Rome came much later than the 2300 B.C.E. period that we're talking about. I reiterate that I think Alefpria is the exception and that other places shouldn't hold it as a standard to conform to.

[quote=@Kho]
[@Cyclone] I disagree. A tribal nation should be able to muster up all its men, and even some of its women. They're nomadic people, they live to herd and fight, and when tribal honour is besmirched every warrior takes up arms.
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Even assuming that all of them that are able to fight show up willing to do so, I still think 50% is too high. I know that women occasionally did go on long campaigns as combatants, but did children? Or the elderly? Or those too poor to afford to afford horses or weapons?