(stratos), "army, host" + "????" (agos), "leader, chief", in turn from "???" (ago), "to lead".

Middle Ages

Through maneuver and continuous assault, Chinese, Persian, Arab and Eastern European armies were stressed by the Mongols until they collapsed, and were then annihilated in pursuit and encirclement.

Early modern era

In 1520, Niccolò Machiavelli's

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