e familiar with armies of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even
             millions. The entire Spartan army was estimated to be under five thousand men.
             In the beginning, Greek armies showed almost no pay structure. This was do to the
             fact that military participation was seen as a man's duty to his city-state or as a form of
             taxation. Each man was required to provide his own armor for battle. There for only those
             who could afford armor and weapons could be in the army. Since most men could not
             afford armor, most could not participate. Those who could afford to participate had other
             forms of income. However there was a pay system in place by 445 or 444 BC in Athens.
             The pay system was enacted during a time of peace for Greece, just after the signing of the
             thirty year peace between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League. The standard
             rate of pay seems to have been a drachma a day until it was cut in half in 413 BC.
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