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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... infantry were Philip's two staple units , and he balanced them into a coherent line . On the right wing , the cavalry delivered the hammer blow , and in the centre , the infantry followed up like a heavy press ; this was his standard ...
... infantry were Philip's two staple units , and he balanced them into a coherent line . On the right wing , the cavalry delivered the hammer blow , and in the centre , the infantry followed up like a heavy press ; this was his standard ...
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... infantry , but a truer parallel lies in Egypt where the natives had always fought with long spears and wicker- work shields . In the past forty years , professional Athenian captains had been advising the pharaohs on their army , and ...
... infantry , but a truer parallel lies in Egypt where the natives had always fought with long spears and wicker- work shields . In the past forty years , professional Athenian captains had been advising the pharaohs on their army , and ...
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... infantry still wider , arranging them in their classic battle - order , Shield Bearers on the right , protecting the vulnerable flank of the infantry , Foot Companions in the centre , and foreign mercenaries adjoining on the left . As ...
... infantry still wider , arranging them in their classic battle - order , Shield Bearers on the right , protecting the vulnerable flank of the infantry , Foot Companions in the centre , and foreign mercenaries adjoining on the left . As ...
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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