Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, , with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . the delinquents wasthe good of the peoples under his sceptre is shown by bis uni-form recognition of their rights throughout his entire his own course towards conquered nations, he heldbis satraps to strict accountability in their dealings withthem. The king now took up his march through the PersianGates, towards the heart of his empire. In Susa, which hereached in February, after an absence of
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, , with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . the delinquents wasthe good of the peoples under his sceptre is shown by bis uni-form recognition of their rights throughout his entire his own course towards conquered nations, he heldbis satraps to strict accountability in their dealings withthem. The king now took up his march through the PersianGates, towards the heart of his empire. In Susa, which hereached in February, after an absence of five years, be alsofound many things to rectify. Foremost of all, Arbulitesand his son Oxathres were put to death for bad govern-ment and for despoiling the Susians. To Susa soon cameHephaestion with the heavy column of the army, and Near-chus, from his last exploring expedition. Elated at his admi-rals success, Alexander is said to have contemplated a voyagenot only around Arabia, but around the entire coast of Libya,as Africa was then called, as far as the Pillars of Hercules,and others to the Euxine, Scythia and the Sea of Azov. Butthese projects were destined to Alexander, from au unknown Coin. XLVI. MUTINY. JULY, B. C. 324. The Macedonians had reached their goal. They could enjoy their hard-earned wealth. Alexander paid their debts — some twenty thousand talents —and made them valuable presents. He coupled this bounty with intermarriag-eabetween his chief officers and Persian noblewomen, himself wedding- daughtersof Darius and Ochus, thus uniting both Persian royal families. To the soldierswho had Eastern wives he was especially generous. All this was in the line ofhis idea of a merger of races so as to make his kingdom homogeneous. Alex-ander had long had many Orientals in the army. He had thirty thousand ofthe best youths of the East in a special phalanx. He promoted many notableOrientals to high office — as was natural and necessary. These favors t
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