Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 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--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. |
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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 , he could only detach a mere 6,000 troops to protect Herat's garrison ; the main army of at most 32,000 were ordered to con- tinue their long hard course up the Helmand valley , menaced by winter , famine and rebellions ahead ...
... troops , he could only detach a mere 6,000 troops to protect Herat's garrison ; the main army of at most 32,000 were ordered to con- tinue their long hard course up the Helmand valley , menaced by winter , famine and rebellions ahead ...
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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 ven- ture 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 ven- ture on to the river except in the case of a Macedonian victory . There could be no more ...
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Preface | 133 |
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