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Wars of Alexander the Great: Battle of the Hydaspes River| Military History | one comment | Print This Post | Email This Post
After his recuperation, the Macedonian king sailed down the Indus to the Indian Ocean and then marched back to Babylon. Although there was more fighting, Alexander’s wound put an end to any more personal exploits. Lung tissue never fully recovers, and the thick scarring in its place made every breath cut like a knife. It probably rendered him vulnerable to whatever microbe finally killed him in Babylon two years later. Subscribe Today
But Alexander, like his hero Achilles, had been willing to make the choice between safety and the sweet’savor of a life of deathless renown beyond the grave.’ That single moment on the wall of the Mallian citadel, to him, was worth it all.
This article was written by Peter G. Tsouras and originally published in the June 2004 issue of Military History.
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One Comment to “Wars of Alexander the Great: Battle of the Hydaspes River”
is this an magazine or a website source
By that guy on Feb 2, 2009 at 2:06 pm