March to
Unexpected winter march
Logistical problems with winter operations
Uxians
Mountain tribesmen
Extorting money
Alexander ambushes them and receives tribute
Parmenio’s expedition
sent with main force on south, easy
route to
Susian Gates
Ariobarzanes fortifies mountain pass
25,000 inf 700 C
Assault on fortifications fail
Alexander learns of secret mountain path from herdsmen
Takes commandos over the mountain
Attacks in rear, Persians are defeated
Forced march to
Get there before they have a time to evacuate or plunder treasure
Meeting of the mutilated Greek prisoners
Significance of
Holy city
Site of New Year’s festival
Palace and temple complex
Burial place of Achaemenid kings
Alexander the demon
Persian apocalyptic
Daniel 7:7
Sibylline Oracle
Alexander at
Entered
Speech on the evils of
Permission to plunder
Mass slaughter, rape and plunder
The Persian treasure
120,000 talents
national income of
The Palace[D
17.71-2]
The problem of the Nuh-ruz (Akitu) festival in April
Magians don’t submit
The hardening of Zoroastrian spiritual resistance
Destruction of the Palace
Drunken orgy
Blame on the courtesan Thais
Revenge for the burning of the Acropolis at