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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04 : $b Greece to the Roman Conquest — John Shaqi

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04 : $b Greece to the Roman Conquest

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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04 : $b Greece to the Roman Conquest

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CHAPTER LI

  ALEXANDER INVADES ASIA (334 B.C.)                                     274

    Schemes of conquest, 274. The problem and the troops, 276. The
    size of the army, 277. The phalanx and the cavalry, 278. The
    light troops, 280. The condition of the Persian Empire, 281.
    The entry into Asia, according to Arrian, 283. Battle of the
    Granicus, 284. Courage and danger of Alexander, 287. Effects of
    Alexander’s victory, 289.

                               CHAPTER LII

  ISSUS AND TYRE (334-332 B.C.)                                         290

    Halicarnassus, 292. Gordium, 295. Darius musters a new host, 297.
    Darius at Issus, 299. Preparing for battle, 301. Battle of Issus,
    302. Flight of Darius, 303. From Issus to Tyre, 305. The siege of
    Tyre, 307.

                               CHAPTER LIII

  FROM GAZA TO ARBELA (332-331 B.C.)                                    312

    The siege of Gaza according to Arrian, 312. Incidents from
    Quintus Curtius, 314. Alexander in Egypt, 315. The visit to
    Ammon, 317. Alexander leaves Egypt, 318. Battle of Arbela, 320.

                               CHAPTER LIV

  THE FALL OF PERSIA (331-327 B.C.)                                     329

    The entry into Babylon described by Quintus Curtius, 329. At
    the border of Persia, 331. A shepherd guide, 332. The released
    captives; sacking Persepolis, 334. Curtius tells of the
    enormous loot, 335. Curtius describes an orgy and the burning
    of Persepolis, 336. The new meaning of the conquest, 338. The
    pursuit of Darius, 338. Conspiracies against Alexander, 342.
    Capture of Bessus, 346. Limit of Alexander’s progress northward,
    348. Alexander murders his friend, 348. Remorse of Alexander,
    350. Conspiracy of the royal pages, 353.

                                CHAPTER LV

  THE CONQUEST OF INDIA (327-324 B.C.)                                  355

    The war with Porus, 358. The eastern limit, 360. The march to
    the West, 362. The brave Mallians, 363. Alexander’s severe wound
    and the army’s grief, 365. The desert march, 367. Excesses and
    cruelties described by Curtius, 369. The return of Nearchus, 371.

                               CHAPTER LVI

  THE END OF ALEXANDER (324-323 B.C.)                                   375

    His projects, 375. The marriage of Greece with Persia, 377. The
    mutiny, 379. The last expedition, 383. Grief for Hephæstion, 384.
    To Babylon, 386. Last illness, 390. The death-bed of Alexander,
    391.

                               CHAPTER LVII

  VARIOUS ESTIMATES OF ALEXANDER                                        393

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