02-22-2013, 03:03 AM
Hi guys - Could this be Alexander's masacre of the Greek hoplites that tried to surrender (at least, per Plutarch) at the battle on Granicus River? Apparently some 4,000 were killed on the spot (at considerable unnecessary cost to Alexander's own men) and 2,000 survivors were then shipped off into slavary. Another possibiltiy is post-Alexander, when Perdiccas ordered the slaughter of the Greek settlers whose rebellion in the "Upper Satrapies" failed in the immediate wake of Alexander's death. - Fred Ray
It\'s only by appreciating accurate accounts of real combat past and present that we can begin to approach the Greek hoplite\'s hard-won awareness of war\'s potential merits and ultimate limitations.
- Fred Eugene Ray (aka "Old Husker")
- Fred Eugene Ray (aka "Old Husker")
