Standing forces of the classical world, before roughly 500 CE: the Roman Republic's legions, Macedon's royal army, Carthage's multiethnic mercenary force, Numidia's light cavalry. Belongs here: a force fielded by a classical Mediterranean or Near Eastern state. Does not belong here: a force fielded after the western Roman collapse, which belongs to Medieval.
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1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)
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Boundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
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