An elite force of Persian infantry numbering 10,000.
10,000 elite Persian infantry.
immortals
me and my brother's game says they are immortals, but those are war units, can someone please answer this question??
The Immortals
The 'Immortals' played an important role in Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 547 BC. Immortals participated in the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC & were amongst the Persian occupation troops in Greece in 479 BC
The 'Immortals' played an important role in Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 547 BC. Immortals participated in the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC & were amongst the Persian occupation troops in Greece in 479 BC.
Hi,I guess you are you are referring to the Persian Immortals (the ones you can see in the movie 300).They were the elite fighting force of ancient Persia."The Achaemenid Persian Immortals, usually referred to as the Persian Immortals or The Immortals were an elite force of Persian soldiers who performed the dual roles of both Imperial Guard and standing army during the Achaemenid Empire's expansion and during the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus describes the Immortals as being heavy infantry led by Hydarnes that were kept constantly at a strength of exactly 10,000 men (also written as the "Ten Thousand Immortals") - every killed, seriously wounded or sick member was immediately replaced with a new one, maintaining the cohesion of the unit. [1] The regiment accepted only Median, Elamite or Persian applicants."Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Immortals-Toffeeen
The "Immortals" were Persian infantry and so-named because their ranks were never allowed to be less than 10,000 in number .
A standing army known as the Immortals
The 10,000 Immortals as its core, and, most importantly, the cavalry.
The "Immortals" (sometimes called "Ten Thousand Immortals" or "Persian Immortals") was the name given by Herodotus to an elite force of soldiers who fought for the Achaemenid Empire. This force performed the dual roles of both Imperial Guard and standing army during the Persian Empire's expansion period and during the Greco-Persian Wars. The force consisted mainly of Persians but also included Medes and Elamites.
In the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the highest ranked units were called the IMMORTALS and inspired an immense amount of fear in their adversaries.