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Originally Posted by Maytime
I did some searches, sorry if I'm repeating something. What do you think (or know) is the first guerrilla war? The earliest I cant think of is King Darius' [unsuccessful] campaign against the Scythians in ~500 BC.
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You need to look a lot further back than that. Try starting with the Old Testament. As the written version of the oral history/traditions of the Jewish people it chronicles all kinds of slaughter that today would be considered guerrilla warfare. It can also point you towards other sources. Just remember - what we call guerrilla warfare (subjugated peoples rising up against oppressors) was routine in the ancient and classical worlds. So was failure. FWIW - Peregrino