Alexander the Great's Greatest Victory
The Ancients
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What Happened in Quintus Curtius Rufus?
Scythed chariots were a devastating weapon for the macedonians. Darius had intended his scythed chariots charge on the left wing, in his centre to cause havoc among the macedonian phalanxs and macedonian heavy cavalry. But both charges had failed completely. And we have this horrific description of what happens that survives in quintus curteus rufus. I'm going to read it out to you because it is really colorful, i guess you could say. The ground was littered with the severed limbs of soldiers. As there was no pain, while the wounds were still warm, the men did not drop their weapons until they dropped dead from loss
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