Why did invading armies seem to get stronger as the conquer more land?

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Between attrition (lost in battle), needing to leave troops behind to control conquered territory, and longer supply lines, shouldn’t the armies have gotten significantly thinner and weaker.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Pyrhhic victories are called that for a reason from memory. It wasn’t always the case that invading armies got stronger/faced less resistance.

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