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He bribed some cities to join his confederation, and their armies became available to him. Others were brought in by force. The Greeks were famous for their venality - Xerxes added 40,000 Greek city-state soldiers to his invading army.

Philip famously said that he could take any city as long as it had a path up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.

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