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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... road . Of all Alexander's friends in Asia the Royal Road which ran between post - houses from Sardis to Susa was far the most precious ; by this one road which they inherited and improved , the Persians had bared their empire to ...
... road . Of all Alexander's friends in Asia the Royal Road which ran between post - houses from Sardis to Susa was far the most precious ; by this one road which they inherited and improved , the Persians had bared their empire to ...
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... Road east , then south to the coastal towns of Cilicia to continue to capture Persian harbours . Memnon's chances were to remain untested , for in June , while blockading the city of Mitylene , ' he fell ill and died , and this , if ...
... Road east , then south to the coastal towns of Cilicia to continue to capture Persian harbours . Memnon's chances were to remain untested , for in June , while blockading the city of Mitylene , ' he fell ill and died , and this , if ...
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... road for Asia . Some 15,000 men , they were to be caught between Asia and Europe , unable to help Alexander against Darius or Antipater against the Spartan king Agis in the two pitched battles which were about to occur . In mid - July ...
... road for Asia . Some 15,000 men , they were to be caught between Asia and Europe , unable to help Alexander against Darius or Antipater against the Spartan king Agis in the two pitched battles which were about to occur . In mid - July ...
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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