Lawrence of Arabia claimed he was sodomized when captured by the turks, it was a practice of humiliating your enemies, Greeks thought the Persians were a little gay wearing the tight leotard pants, did not hesitate to poke fun, pun intended.
Not sure if you would want to ever be tangling with one of these warriors, they were far from gay in battle, this famous vase shows what they thought of their Persian friends, its all quite humorous when you get right down to it, they just let it hang out a little more, the psychology's the same, nothing's changed.
Those chevron stripes on any military uniform are phallic, its still with us, see if you can pick out the greek & which the persian:
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