Talk:Battle of Nicopolis

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According to a British historian the composing armies at the battle of Nicopolis were not more then 6000 each. Who wrote those numbers down (104000 and 100000)?, its simply not true. References to this article are missing ,therefore the numbers in this article should be taken with a grain of salt.

There are references given at the bottom. It even says in the article that the numbers are most likely exaggerations, but nevertheless those are what the sources claim... Adam Bishop 16:01, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, sources claimed something like four million fo the First Crusade, as far as I can remember, and there were really about 100,000, including hangers-on. Ten to one or more is a usual ratio of claimed to actual combatants, if I recall correctly. Supersheep 10:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

According to Barbara Tuchman, no English nobility took part in this battle.

That's pretty amazing, according to this article, no English nobility took part in this battle! Adam Bishop 02:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

My searches about the Ottoman war machine show me that the Turkish army couldn't reach to 100,000 before the Fall of Constantinople because generally sources call Mehmet II's invasion army as the largest force that Ottomans gathered until that time. With respect; Deliogul 21:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Atiya is rather obsolote as a reference. If I have time, I will rewrite the article. 81.182.180.134 07:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] largest crusade?

The whole crusader force was only 25 000 men at best case. Atiya is an outdated source. In fact the whole article needs rewriting. 84.2.210.173 15:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Exactly, the numbers are wildly inflated. Sources tried to claim that the Poles and Lithuanians fielded over 3,000,000 men at Tannenberg. It's a medieval historian thing.