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When the Horse was left at the gates of Troy could they not see all the ships on the horizon and think something was up? Where was the army that bumrushed Troy? (lemmy.world)

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

The Achaeans besieged Troy for nine years. This part of the war is the least developed among surviving sources, which prefer to talk about events in the last year of the war. After the initial landing the army was gathered in its entirety again only in the tenth year. Thucydides deduces that this was due to lack of money. They raided the Trojan allies and spent time farming the Thracian peninsula.

the army that "bumrushed Troy" was farming around Troy 🤷