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| - The Atlantean army or Eastern Iberian army was the central military body of the Atlantean (pre-Diadochian) armed forces, serving alongside the Atlantean navy. The Atlantean army was the direct descendant of the Iberian army and made use of similar military discipline, strategy and organization. While the earlier Iberian army had depended heavily on the legion system by the early 7th century it had disappeared as the army's cavalry arm became more prominent. Later military reforms reflected Frankish/Germanic and Oriental influences. In the succeeding centuries a significant portion of the army was made up of foreign mercenaries that met the empire's demand for light cavalry.
- The Atlantean Army was the branch of the Atlantean military responsible for land based operations. It had its roots in the Army of the Atlantean Assembly, the official army created by the Atlantean Assembly to fight the Atlantean War of Independence. Created out of the various regional militias gathered together after the outbreak of fighting, the force became a semi-professional regular military, trained in European ways as well as employing Atlantean methods. Its commander during the war for independence was Victor Radcliff, hero of the Atlantean theatre of an earlier global conflict.
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| - The Atlantean Army was the branch of the Atlantean military responsible for land based operations. It had its roots in the Army of the Atlantean Assembly, the official army created by the Atlantean Assembly to fight the Atlantean War of Independence. Created out of the various regional militias gathered together after the outbreak of fighting, the force became a semi-professional regular military, trained in European ways as well as employing Atlantean methods. Its commander during the war for independence was Victor Radcliff, hero of the Atlantean theatre of an earlier global conflict. Subsequently, the Army evolved into a professional military force. Its organization was handled by the Ministry of War, with one military officer in command. However, at times of war, the overall command of the army was shared by the Consuls of Atlantis, with each consul acting as commander-in-chief on alternating days. Given Atlantis's relative isolation, the Atlantean Army participated in few international wars. It was deployed during the War of 1809 against Britain. It was also brought to bear during the Atlantean Servile Insurrection in 1852.
- The Atlantean army or Eastern Iberian army was the central military body of the Atlantean (pre-Diadochian) armed forces, serving alongside the Atlantean navy. The Atlantean army was the direct descendant of the Iberian army and made use of similar military discipline, strategy and organization. While the earlier Iberian army had depended heavily on the legion system by the early 7th century it had disappeared as the army's cavalry arm became more prominent. Later military reforms reflected Frankish/Germanic and Oriental influences. In the succeeding centuries a significant portion of the army was made up of foreign mercenaries that met the empire's demand for light cavalry. From the seventh to the 12th centuries, the Atlantean army was among the most powerful and effective military forces in Pandos – few nations at the time could match the strategies and the efficiency of the Atlantean army. Restricted to a largely defensive role in the mid 7th to mid-9th centuries, the Atlanteans developed the theme-system to counter the more powerful Muslim Persica. From the mid-9th and early 10th centuries, however, they gradually went on the offensive, culminating in the great re-conquests of the 11th century under a series of soldier-emperors. After the disaster of the 12th Century the theme-system collapsed and the Atlantean Empire became increasingly reliant on professional Tagmata troops; which included an ever increasing number of foreign mercenaries. In the 13th and 14th centuries the Komnenian emperors made great efforts to re-establish a native army, instituting the pronoia system of land grants in exchange for military service. Nevertheless, mercenaries remained a staple feature of Atlantean armies while the loss of large pieces of the empire reduced its recruiting-ground, while the abuse of the pronoia grants led to a progressive feudalism in the Empire. The Komnenian successes were undone by the collapse of the empire's unity in the 14th century, that led to the split of the empire into two halves. Successive civil wars in the 14th and early 15th centuries further weakened the Empire's strength.
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