The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04
CHAPTER LI
ALEXANDER INVADES ASIA (334 B.C.) 274
Schemes of conquest, 274. The problem and the troops, 276. The size of the army, 277. The phalanx and the cavalry, 278. The light troops, 280. The condition of the Persian Empire, 281. The entry into Asia, according to Arrian, 283. Battle of the Granicus, 284. Courage and danger of Alexander, 287. Effects of Alexander’s victory, 289.