Crossing Asia Minor with Alexander
‘… at nightfall [Alexander] took his whole army and marched to secure the [Syrian] Gates once more. By about midnight he had re-established control of the pass, and for what remained of the night he rested his army on the rocky outcrop above it, with guard-posts at the critical points.’
(Arrian II.8.1-2)
Text used: Arrian ‘Alexander the Great‘ OUP 2013 (translated by Martin Hammond)
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