Alexander the Great's Greatest Victory
The Ancients
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The Battle of Galgamela - A History of the Macedonian Line
Never in antiquity had there been such a plethora of extraordinary generals at the same place. Alexander's death sparks perhaps the most chaotic period in ancient history, which is the wars of the successors. But anyway, back to the battle of galgamela. On the left wing of the macedonians with parmenion and his thessalians against this overwhelming number of persians. They are being very, very hard pressed. And as this goes on, a big gap emerged in the macedonian line,. This was where alexander’s second line of infantrymen, his hoplights, his mercenaries came into their own. The Persian breakthrough was quickly qu
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