Shalmaneser II
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Shalmaneser II was an Assyrian king who once raised an army of 120,000 men and charioteers for a mighty battle. The praefectus Thalius Maximus, who was also an historian, once told Ian Chesterton that Shalmaneser II failed because this army was equipped with inadequate wicker shields. (PDA: Byzantium!)
