They were a group of 10,000 professional soldiers - every time one died, they would immediately be replaced, and so the unit appeared (to those who didn’t have the advantage of modern tracking technology or espionage agencies) to simply be ‘immortal’ to outsiders, remaining 10,000 strong battle after battle, generation after generation.
Why were they called Immortals, PJ? :o
They were a group of 10,000 professional soldiers - every time one died, they would immediately be replaced, and so the unit appeared (to those who didn’t have the advantage of modern tracking technology or espionage agencies) to simply be ‘immortal’ to outsiders, remaining 10,000 strong battle after battle, generation after generation.