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We know of the Immortals from the writings of Herodotus. Herodotus described a unit of heavy infantry that numbered exactly 10,000 at all times. The name refers more to the unit than the individual soldiers, due to the policy of immediately replacing injured, ill, or deceased members to maintain the 10,000.

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