Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1973 - 568 pages Series follows well-known personalities back to the ancient times in which they lived. |
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... fights by retreating ? ' This story may be fanciful , but Alexander would indeed have been relieved that as long planned ... fight with a lance requiring both hands and it was probably for this reason that Darius had placed them opposite ...
... fights by retreating ? ' This story may be fanciful , but Alexander would indeed have been relieved that as long planned ... fight with a lance requiring both hands and it was probably for this reason that Darius had placed them opposite ...
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... fight the enemy , others said he asked for reinforce- ments , so that Alexander gnashed his teeth and felt obliged to return . It is extremely unlikely that any message ever reached Alexander through the press of a full - blooded battle ...
... fight the enemy , others said he asked for reinforce- ments , so that Alexander gnashed his teeth and felt obliged to return . It is extremely unlikely that any message ever reached Alexander through the press of a full - blooded battle ...
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... fight a pitched battle before he caught Darius . He was met on the way by 6,000 reinforcements which he had summoned the previous November , and which increased his army to more than 50,000 , apart from the treasure- train and ever ...
... fight a pitched battle before he caught Darius . He was met on the way by 6,000 reinforcements which he had summoned the previous November , and which increased his army to more than 50,000 , apart from the treasure- train and ever ...
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Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon Bactria battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry chariot Cleit coins command court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends Gaugamela gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles mountains murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road Roman route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus