CLAS 3020 Lecture 7: CLAS 3020 Lecture 7.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 3020
• Professor: Andrew Sherwood

Document Summary

Sogdian rock oxyartes where alexander meets roxanne and her father. Alexander uses all the forces at his disposal for all these battles. As he moves through persia, he begins to leave the greek forces of the. Hellenic league behind to stabilize the places he"s conquered. He leaves the cavalry along the coast of syria. By 331, alexander"s reputation is so great that mercenaries from. We know that by the time he fights at gaugamela, there"s a large increase in his army size. Something that several sources say is that antipater is asked for reinforcements several times b/c people are dying. This is important b/c he"s getting rid of potential troops who aren"t. 1000"s of greeks stayed with alexander, by the time he gets to bactria it is greeks and not macedonians who are the left behind colonists. By arrian we are told that these colonists stay, but some of the colonists leave their new homes after alexander dies.