Why were armies in antiquity so much larger than armies in the medieval age?

by anathoth2000
DanKensington

More can always be said of this particular topic; for the meantime, u/FlavivsAetivs has an answer examining this question precisely.

dandan_noodles

This is a topic I think about quite often, but I personally don't think it's ever been adequately answered, either on here or in the academic literature. You might be interested in my previous discussions of the topic here, here, here, here and here.