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 . ir acts, if not in words, the chanceto satiate their thirst for blood and other horrors. The army had reached Persepolis late in the year, andhere Alexander quartered his troops four months in order toescape the rigors and losses of a winter march in the moun-tainous regions of Persia. In this he exhibited his usual wis-dom and the care he always lavished on his men. But hehimself, heedless of the pleasures o
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 . ir acts, if not in words, the chanceto satiate their thirst for blood and other horrors. The army had reached Persepolis late in the year, andhere Alexander quartered his troops four months in order toescape the rigors and losses of a winter march in the moun-tainous regions of Persia. In this he exhibited his usual wis-dom and the care he always lavished on his men. But hehimself, heedless of the pleasures of the gay capital, andleaving Parmenio and Craterus in command, started in threeweeks, and made various excursions against the neighboringtribes, so as to reduce the provinces of Persis to complete sub-jugation once for all. The Mardians in the mountains to the south, betweenShiraz and the Persian Gulf, had, much like the Uxians, beenalmost independ-ent. These Mar-dians were hun-ters only, who hadnever sowed aseed. They dweltin caves. The menand women didequal work, andboth fought in bat-tle. The womenwere said to be thefiercer. It was es-sential to subduethese tribes, in or- ADAE. oo mites Mardian Campaig-n. der to secure the roads from Persis to the sea, which by andby Alexander proposed to use. To conduct a campaign at this mid^vinter season, in thesnow-clad hiUs held by these tribes, was very difficult and 412 MARDIAN CAMPAIGN, exhausting; but with his usual sharp and skillful measuresAlexander in thirty days subdued them. No man ever hadsuch a record for fighting mountaineers. Curtius states that the land of the Mardians was snow-covered and full of difficult and precipitous localities. Theweather was misty, rainy and chilling. There were no roads,and the men felt that they had reached the end of the world,and that daylight would soon cease altogether. On one occa-sion, when the troops murmured at the toils of the way, theking dismounted and marched on foot, and his exampl
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