"Don't besiege Syracuse" is the "don't start a land war in Asia" of Antiquityhttps://twitter.com/askhistorians/status/1318644154532982785 …
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They had a hard enough time that I feel it shouldn't count as a big exception :P
Well and to be fair, the Romans have an OK - not great, but OK - record of starting land wars in Asia too. So maybe they just don't count generally.
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They've got a good record of starting them. Khusro II has a good record of finishing them
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I mean, he was very successful for a time. But he very literally didn't finish the war he started with the Byzantines - he lost almost all of his gains and ended up executed by his son who immediately reached an unfavorable peace with Heraclius.
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One way to identify a bad idea is to find the places were the extremely successful groups still struggled to achieve success. That a super-successful group can succeed at high cost is not a great endorsement.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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