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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... troops for open ground and weather . The Companions ' horses , like all ancient cavalry , had no nailed horseshoes , and the leather boots which were slipped over their feet in icy conditions soon wore as thin as the hoof itself . But ...
... troops for open ground and weather . The Companions ' horses , like all ancient cavalry , had no nailed horseshoes , and the leather boots which were slipped over their feet in icy conditions soon wore as thin as the hoof itself . But ...
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... troops . To each unit he is said to have made a different point , advising them that the gods were on their side . ' He also recalled their past successes as a team and mentioned any individual feats of daring which were especially ...
... troops . To each unit he is said to have made a different point , advising them that the gods were on their side . ' He also recalled their past successes as a team and mentioned any individual feats of daring which were especially ...
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... troops had been left to guard it . But if Porus kept even a few of his elephants back where they now stood , Craterus was on no account to venture on to the river except in the case of a Macedonian victory . There could be no more ...
... troops had been left to guard it . But if Porus kept even a few of his elephants back where they now stood , Craterus was on no account to venture on to the river except in the case of a Macedonian victory . There could be no more ...
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