Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1975 - 568 pages Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience. |
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... elephant's back , became popular , and as neither art nor reliable literature mention it as native to India , the howdah may be an invention of Greek engineers . Within three years of Alexander's death his officers had made elephants ...
... elephant's back , became popular , and as neither art nor reliable literature mention it as native to India , the howdah may be an invention of Greek engineers . Within three years of Alexander's death his officers had made elephants ...
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... elephants . If Porus fled , or took all his elephants up the bank towards Alexander's crossing- party , Craterus was to ford the river and attack the Indian camp opposite , however many troops had been left to guard it . But if Porus ...
... elephants . If Porus fled , or took all his elephants up the bank towards Alexander's crossing- party , Craterus was to ford the river and attack the Indian camp opposite , however many troops had been left to guard it . But if Porus ...
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... elephant and had equipped his men accordingly . Hamstrung and trunkless , some fifty elephants were put out of action ; the rest stampeded indignantly , tusking and trampling without respect for friend or foe . They were exposed to ...
... elephant and had equipped his men accordingly . Hamstrung and trunkless , some fifty elephants were put out of action ; the rest stampeded indignantly , tusking and trampling without respect for friend or foe . They were exposed to ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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