The Nature of AlexanderAllen Lane, 1975 - 240 pages Combines contemporaneous accounts, critically studied legends, reproductions of pertinent artworks, and photographs to provide a full-scale, nonideological biography of the Macedonian conqueror and empire builder. |
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... walls , with hand out stretched to lead him into the city . These walls , made of dressed and mortared stone , were 150 feet high on the land- ward side . Stratagem and surprise were out ; he settled down at once to business , and began ...
... walls , with hand out stretched to lead him into the city . These walls , made of dressed and mortared stone , were 150 feet high on the land- ward side . Stratagem and surprise were out ; he settled down at once to business , and began ...
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... walls . But the Tyrians , startled by his numbers , merely closed their harbour with a boom of ships , as he had done himself at Miletus . He could not tempt them out . His operations were now enormous , using engineers from Cyprus and ...
... walls . But the Tyrians , startled by his numbers , merely closed their harbour with a boom of ships , as he had done himself at Miletus . He could not tempt them out . His operations were now enormous , using engineers from Cyprus and ...
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... walls , that Tyre was stormed . Master now of the landward channel , he could bring round his assault craft under the weaker seaward walls . His torsion catapults could hurl heavy stones and crack ashlar masonry ; the bow type were ...
... walls , that Tyre was stormed . Master now of the landward channel , he could bring round his assault craft under the weaker seaward walls . His torsion catapults could hurl heavy stones and crack ashlar masonry ; the bow type were ...
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Alexander Alexander's already ancient army Arrian Asia asked Athenian Athens Babylon battle began better brought called campaign carried cause cavalry century command course court danger Darius dead death Demosthenes died doubt enemy evidence face fact father fighting followed force friends gave give given gold Greece Greek hand head held Hephaestion honour horses important Indian killed King knew known land later learned leave lived looked Macedon Macedonian mind murder nature never night offered officers Olympias once ordered Parmenion passed perhaps Persian Philip Philotas Photo plans Plutarch probably Ptolemy reached record remained rest returned river round royal satrap says seems seen sent ships showed side soldiers soon sources story taken thought told took troops turned walls whole wound young