How did Lithuania come to be so small?

by Suburban_Santa

It used to be fairly large in the 15th century so how did it lose so much territory despite the military it could have (presumably) raised

Searocksandtrees

Hi! Not discouraging discussion here, but just FYI, there was a fairly recent post on this question; you can catch up - and even join in - on the conversation here:

and, there was another, now-archived, related post here that may be of interest