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 ==Hey asshole.== 

 Stop putting in the redundant phrase ""a claim unsupported by other modern or ancient sources"", shitface. The Encyclopedia Iranica does indeed find support in the ancient sources (considering how many troops Ariobarzanes brought with himself to the battle of Gaugamela, and the nature of the location of the battle of the Persian Gates which could IMPOSSIBLY house any of the estimates given by Hammond or Waldemar Heckel) The Greek numbers given are obviously inflated and have no root in historical reality. How can Ariobarzanes magically summon more troops than Darius III Codomannus at Ecbatana (where the greater part of the nobility followed him)? Explain that to me, cuntface. 

 Let me guess, you're probably one of those schmucks who believes the Persians fielded million-men armies just because Arrian says so. What would you think of Hans Delbrück who single-handedly cut down the Persian forces at that battle to a mere 52,000 men? 

 So stop being a shithead, pretty please? I know it's a lot to ask from you, but I will not relent in removing that phrase. It is stupid on so many levels and serves only as an attempt to discredit the Encyclopedia Iranica, when in fact it does a better job at cutting down customarily inflated Greek estimates than Hammond who takes his numbers straight from the Imperial Roman author Curtius-Rufus (Which was a thinly veiled political exaltation of emperor Vespasian). 

 The Encyclopedia Iranica has a peer reviewal board that approves the submission of articles, so this down-watered public-for-all armchair-historian lair known as Wikipedia doesn't need to expend extra energy to skew perspectives to curious readers. 

 Fucking idiot.    

 :NPA 
 :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks#Consequences_of_personal_attacks 
 :A block may be warranted if it seems likely that the user will continue using personal attacks. 
 :Apologize please or face the consequences. Also stop pushing your POV over consensus.   "