books.google.fr - The warring Greek city-states of the classical period often found it advantageous to use slaves in their armed forces and to encourage rebellion or desertion amongst the slaves of their enemies. But since military service was highly esteemed while the state of slavery was despised, classical Greek historians...http://books.google.fr/books/about/Slaves_Warfare_and_Ideology_in_the_Greek.html?hl=fr&id=V_HGeohJIlgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSlaves, Warfare, and Ideology in the Greek Historians
