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 . Persian Body-Guarda. civil power, while himself appointed and controlled the com-mander of the military forces. These troops were fed fromthe taxes collected in each satrapy. There were active andgarrison troops. The former were divided into bodies of onethousand men each, and did duty on the borders and alongthe great highways which traversed the kingdom. Theywere rigidly inspected, and a grand review of them he
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 . Persian Body-Guarda. civil power, while himself appointed and controlled the com-mander of the military forces. These troops were fed fromthe taxes collected in each satrapy. There were active andgarrison troops. The former were divided into bodies of onethousand men each, and did duty on the borders and alongthe great highways which traversed the kingdom. Theywere rigidly inspected, and a grand review of them held eachyear. The whole kingdom was divided into military districts,with central assembling points in each. The garrison troops 58 PERSIAN LEVIES. were kept tinder separate control for the protection of the cityfortresses, and were not obliged to assemble for the annualinspection. Their organization was quite apart from the ac-tive army, though resembling it in minor detail. Several corps, each ten thousand strong, served at most noble and brave of the Persians served in a corpsdelite., which was kept always at ten thousand men, and wasknown as the Immortals. These he
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