Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . ssion, so as to neutralize the one power of Persia —her ships — in which he was not prepared to measure armswith her. And he must have control of these cities to pro-tect his o^vn rear and flanks as he advanced. Full of Greeksand democrats, these towns, not unwilling before, stood allthe more ready now, after this unexpected triumph, to yieldthemselves and their treasures and fortunes to the the pos
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . ssion, so as to neutralize the one power of Persia —her ships — in which he was not prepared to measure armswith her. And he must have control of these cities to pro-tect his o^vn rear and flanks as he advanced. Full of Greeksand democrats, these towns, not unwilling before, stood allthe more ready now, after this unexpected triumph, to yieldthemselves and their treasures and fortunes to the the possession of these towns would have yet another FINAL MEASURES. 251 effect, and one of the most to be desired. It wonld tend toforestall the far from improbable invasion of Macedonia bythe Persians. This was a danger Alexander knew he wasconstantly running, and one to be delivered from which wasequivalent to a second army. To fidly complete his victory, the king dispatched Parmenioto reduce Dascylium on the Propontis, the residence of thesatrap of Phrygia, a measure necessary properly to protecthis rear while he advanced, as he now proposed to do, south-erly along the Bronze Statuette of Alexander. (Found at Herculaneum in 1751, and thought to be a copy of the statue knownto have been made of him by Lysippus after the battle of the Granicus.) XX. SARDIS, MILETUS, HALICARNASSUS. FALL, B. C. 334. Alexander now marched on Sardis, whose rocky citadel might have kepthim indefinitely at bay. Luckily, the commandant concluded to surrender theplace, and was handsomely rewarded by the king. Ephesus opened its gates,and many other cities sent deputations tendering submission. All such placesAlexander treated with distinguished generosity, reduced their taxes, madepublic improvements, and restored ancient laws and customs. Miletus electedto hold out. Alexander seized the island of Lade, commanding its harbor, andby clever management of his small fleet and land forces, neutralize
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