This problem more generally is a trap in many long debates in history that is easy for the newcomer to fall into without knowing - read one recent volume arguing very strongly (because it fits w/in a larger debate) but not knowing, accept it wrongly as the opinion of the field.https://twitter.com/MilHist_Lee/status/1302246975220350981 …
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The hoplite debates have this problem, for sure. But also the 'how democratic' debates on the Roman Republic; the 'Romanization' and the ancient economy (primitivism/modernism) debates, though less so in those last 2 cases in that the communis opinio really has shifted.
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For the newcomer, the key is often separating out what is *known* from what is theorized - part of what all of these debates have in common is (very)educated guesswork in the 'blanks' of the source material.
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Failing that (esp. in cases where assessing the blanks requires language skills), the best recourse is to ask a subject matter expert not 'what is true' (they'll make a case for their side), but 'what is the state of the debate' or 'what is the communis opinio?'
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