Alexander the Great's Greatest Victory
The Ancients
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The Battle of the Bactrians
Alexander orders his bactrions, his alite cavalry, to start moving forward. He wants them to form a barrier around the far right hand side of the macedonian line. A squadron of mercenary cavalry under a commander called menidas is ordered to charge this elite persian cavalry which was now to their right. Menidas and his horsemen obey, and they charge the persian cavalry on the right. Now imagine the chaos as more and more cavalry are drawn into this clash. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of horsemen involved in this clash. But for the time being, alexander and his elete, heavy hitting companions there not drawn in to this battle.
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