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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Depends on the context. Hannibal’s army got smaller as he attacked Italy. Napoleon’s got weaker as he invaded Russia. US got stronger invading Germany (kept pumping in more troops).
If you take something like Hannibal, his army lost a lot of troops but Rome lost more. So you may have army X and Y both getting weaker at different rates.
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