Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-27097330-20151221012115

You see, as I was perusing the last LOTR book I realized something. While Tolkien was a genius, he had very little idea of the size of ancient militaries. His numbers are oddly small. For example, during the Battle of Pelennor Fields, only 3,000 soldiers come to their aid. I realize it was a small amount of troops, but this is pathetically small. Again this is shown in the fact that only 6,000 Rohhirim cavalry arrive later, and this somehow turns the tide of battle. Let's compare this to real life. During the Peleponesian war Athens could field 32,000 soldiers to fight the Spartans. In ancient texts this is described as a sadly small and worrying host. Meanwhile the Gondorian culture was based off Rome, which fielded giant armies. Even in it's decline. Thoughts? 