06-23-2008, 11:49 AM
Quote:It is mentioned that 254 of the 300 died at the battlefield. I presume the rest was wounded and taken prisoner. Te whole unit held their ground until they were overhwelmed
Yes. The Theban burial was excavated - there were not 300 skeletons only 254; laid out in seven rows. As for the Macedonians, though I have the dig results in this house somewhere, I cannot lay hands on the numbers.
I'd bet my left one that they were done in an infantry attack. And, if they were first "broken" by Alexander, he was not on horseback.
Paralus|Michael Park
Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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