Any estimate on the numbers involved in the War of the NinePenny Kings? Also since the West alone supplied 11k men, and the Ironborn contributed 100 longships which should account for 4-5k men, how do you think the Band of 9 was able to fight on even grounds with the Westerosi for so long? Afterall other than the 10K strong Golden Company, other mercenary formations are usually 1-2k strong at most, and Tyrosh doesn’t have any significant land army we know of.

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I wouldn’t agree with “Tyrosh doesn’t have any significant land army we know of.” The Free Cities largely rely on mercenaries, but they have armies of their own, and they aren’t limited to hiring one mercenary company at a time. 

Keep in mind that at the time of the War of Ninepenny Kings, the Band of Nine had conquered the whole of the Disputed Lands in addition to Tyrosh, so their power was not limited to the one city-state. 

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