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 . ult. Not long after, envoys came from theScythian king, with an apology for the conduct of the troopsat the river, alleging that this was but a band of maraudersand freebooters, with whose lawless acts the Scythian statehad nothing to do. The king tendered his fealty, and under-took to perform whatever Alexander should prescribe. AsAlexander had no desire or time to engage in operations beyondthe Jaxartes (for 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 . ult. Not long after, envoys came from theScythian king, with an apology for the conduct of the troopsat the river, alleging that this was but a band of maraudersand freebooters, with whose lawless acts the Scythian statehad nothing to do. The king tendered his fealty, and under-took to perform whatever Alexander should prescribe. AsAlexander had no desire or time to engage in operations beyondthe Jaxartes (for he must turn at once on the Sogdianians, andmoreover his vanity was satisfied with having advanced as faras Cyrus), he was pleased to give credit to the message of theambassadors, and sent them back with a courteous answer,releasing without payment of ransom the prisoners he hadtaken. This generosity, coupled to the kings remarkablefeats of war, which they had both seen and heard of, gave tohis name among the Scythians the same halo with which theirbrethren beyond the Danube seven years before had sur-rounded it. This reputation was Alexanders surest defenseagainst these Alexander the Great.(From a Mosaic in the Lou\Te.) XXXV. SPITAMENES. SUMMER, B. C. 329, TO FALL, B. C. 328. The Scythian campaign had given the Sogdianians time for was the ruling spirit of the insurrection. He had unsuccessfidlytried to seize Maracanda. Alexander dispatched a force against him. Thesemen drove him into the desert, hut heing poorly led, Spitamenes turned uponthem, surrounded them near the Polytimetus, and massacred them, to thenumher of over two thousand. Alexander, when he learned of this disaster,had just completed his Jaxartes programme. By a forced march, he reachedthe scene in four days. But Spitamenes fled. Alexander took bitter revengeby devastating the land. The winter was spent in Zariaspa with many feastsbut more labor. A dozen new cities were started, and
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