알렉산더 토탈 워

1. 카이로네이아 전투

King Philip II has ruled the Kingdom of Macedonia for over twenty years. In that time he has taken it from a backwater state North of Greece to the most powerful military entity in the Aegean. He had intervened in the Third Sacred War amoungst the Greeks and by virtue of force, brought peace to the region.\n\n

That peace was not to last. Philip attempted to expand his empire to the Sea of Marmara to the East. This caused consternation in both the Persian empire and the city of Athens, who relied on food imports through the area. Athens declared war on Philip and Thebes, bribed by the Persians, followed suit.\n\n

Philip broke off his assault to the East and moved South. His army made contact with the Greeks on the plain of Chaeronea, a town in central Greece. The coming battle would make or break Philip's authority in the Aegean, once and for all.\n\n

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It is 338 BC, and relations between the cities of Greece and the Kingdom of Macedon have broken down. 

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Philip, King of Macedon, is on the move South and means to bring the cities of Athens and Thebes to heel.

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Assembled against him on the plains of Chaeronea are the combined forces of the Athenian and Theban armies. Among their numbers are the dreaded Theban Sacred Band, an elite corp of 300 spearmen. Philip knows that their presence on the battlefield will strike terror into the hearts of his men.

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But Philip has a secret weapon of his own. He is joined on his march by his son Alexander, commanding the elite Macedonian cavalry. Alexander is young in age but exceptional in personal courage and ability. The cavalry under his command will be key today in finding victory.

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Philip knows that the Thebans will have to be neutralised, and quickly, if his men are to find the necessary resolve to hold back the Greek phalanx. 

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The plan is for Philip to engage the main Greek line with the Macedonian phalanx. At the same time Alexander will lead his cavalry against the three Sacred Band units by the river.

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Should Alexander fail to neutralise the Thebans, or wander from his objective, the Macedonian army will likely be overcome.

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Alexander must find a way to defeat the Sacred Band with his cavalry if his father and country are to taste victory today.

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Your army is dismayed to see you avoiding engagement with the Sacred Band. Your actions have put into question your personal courage and focus of leadership in battle, and disheartened your men.

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Your men take heart from your success against the Sacred Band, but there are two more units left on the field, and they must be destroyed before they can be brought to bear against your army!

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The rout of the greater part of the Sacred Band is a joyous sight to your army, and is causing visible dismay within the Greek ranks. One Theban unit still remains!

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Your complete destruction of the Sacred Band has been watched with delight by your Macedonian comrades. The famously invincible vanguard of the Theban army has been annihilated in a day, but that day is not over! There are still enemies on the field, so go to the aid of your countrymen!

2. 그라니코스 전투

Having secured his position in Greece, Alexander turned his attention to the mighty Persian empire. Though the ships under his control were few in comparison to the Persian navy,  the trip across the Hellespont which seperated the two kingdoms was brief and passed without incident.\n\nOnce in Asia Minor, Alexander took the opportunity to make sacrifice at the site of the city of Troy as part of his preparations to face a large Persian force which had arrived to challenge his invasion. This force was under the nominal command of a Greek mercenary general, Memnon of Rhodes, but the jealousies of a number of Persian regional satrap governors also present seem to have diluted this authority. Nevertheless, this army deployed on the far bank of the River Granicus and awaited Alexanders' arrival.\n\n

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It is late in the day as the Macedonian army approaches the river Granicus.

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Scouts have reported a large concentration of Persian troops on the far bank.

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Horse archers from Scythia and heavy cavalry from Hyrcania and Bactria, together with mounted axemen from Barcania.

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Memnon of Rhodes, a mercenary officer commands them.

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He has chosen the battle site well.

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The Granicus is in full flow and its steep slippery banks present a formidable obstacle.

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The Persians seem confident that Alexander will not try an attack so late in the day.

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But the young Macedonian king has faith in the readiness of his battle-hardened troops for such a challenge.

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His Phalangists provide a stable if slow-moving platform, their soft flanks guarded by the more mobile Hypaspists.

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With the excellent Thessalian cavalry and his own famed Companions, Alexander has the men to deal the Persians a heavy blow.

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His destiny balanced on a swords' edge, Alexander prepares to sound the advance.

3. 할리카르나소스 전투

In 334 BC with the crossing of the Hellespont complete, convinced by the Granicus victory that he would have no need of a means of retreat and most importantly weary of meeting its high upkeep costs, Alexander dismissed his fleet. He planned to defeat the Persian navy by different and indirect means: by seizing all Persian-held ports.\n\nWith the Persians in temporary disarray Alexander began seizing the coastal cities in his path. Many of these were nominally Greek anyway, though they had acknowledged Persian masters for some time previously. The town of Miletos offered some resistance but inevitably fell. Halicarnassus was a different matter though. The defenses there were good and Memnon of Rhodes had arrived to rally the Persians. Unwilling to leave this difficult target as a thorn in his side, Alexander besieged the city, eager to sweep aside the defenders before they could escape to cause trouble elsewhere...\n\n

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The coastal city and port of Halicarnassus, 334BC.

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With many Persian survivors from the defeat at Granicus regrouping within the strong walls, this could be a bloody encounter.

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Alexander is keen to avoid a lengthy siege which would slow the impetus of his onslaught against the Persians.

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A determined assault against the walls by his Hypaspists will allow his heavier troops access to the town itself.

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Resistance should crumble once the town centre is taken. 

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But information as to the exact number and quality of troops within the city walls is limited.

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Spearmen and archers have been sighted on the walls, including Persian Immortals who wield both spear and bow.

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There is also evidence of fodder having been gathered for a number of horses.

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Though Alexander has a formidable force at his disposal, he will need to proceed with caution.

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A wrong move here could prove disastrous to his wider plans.

4. 이소스 전투

Though reeling from the relentless series of defeats inflicted on his forces by the Macedonians and the death of his most trusted general, Darius Codomannus III, king of Persia was still master of a vast empire. Sending word to every corner of his domain, he gathered a huge force to his banner and set forth himself to bring Alexander to battle.\n\n

Alexander had established a forward base at the coastal port of Issus and, having rested there for a few days he resumed his march southwards. Darius recieved word of this and resolved to use his knowledge of the local geography to cut his enemies' lines. Taking a route through a mountain pass, he appeared suddenly to Alexander's north, between the Macedonians and Issus. Far from being dismayed by this, Alexander rode eagerly to engage the Persian king...\n\n

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The River Pinarus, south of Issus.

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With the Persians in his rear, Alexander faces a seemingly impossible task.

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The Persian king Darius has taken the field, having lost so many  of his generals in the Granicus defeat.

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He leads a huge army, drawn from all over his vast kingdom that greatly outnumbers the invaders.

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Amongst them are the Immortals, infantry armed with both spear and bow.

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There are also units of heavy cavalry from Bactria, [pause] mercenary Greek heavy infantry [pause] and bowmen from Mardia.

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Crossing the shallow waters of the Pinarus in the face of the Persian army seems an impossibility.

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But Alexander is a shrewd commander.

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The Persians will find it hard to outflank his small force on this narrow battlefield.

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And the keystone of their morale is their king.

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The opportunity to break Darius and his vast army is too tempting for a man of Alexander's heroic temperament.

5. 가우가멜라 전투

After a visit to Egypt, Alexander set out once again to face the Persian king Darius. Alexander waited in Tyre expecting Darius to attack, but the Persian king was determined to make Alexander come to him. Eventually Alexander left Tyre and headed East with his army into Persia.\n\n

Darius offered no armed resistance to Alexander's progress into his territory, but sent the Babylonian satrap Mazaeus to shadow the Macedonian army. Mazaeus burned crops and garrisoned harvested grain to deny Alexander a source of food. In doing so, he forced Alexander to move North. Darius was luring Alexander to his chosen battleground.\n\n

The Persian king set out his army in Assyria, not far from the ruins of Nineveh. With a far larger army and a wide plain on which to deploy it, Darius would appear to have the advantage by far. But an astronomical event on the eve of battle fortelling doom for the king of Persia seeded widespread panic in the Persian army. Despite their crushing numerical advantage they must have marched to fight the next day believing the end of the Persian Empire was at hand.\n\n

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It is 331BC. Alexander's campaign against the Persian empire is now in its third year, and has brought the young King many victories. Alexander continues to lead his army deep into unfamiliar middle-Eastern territory. He is still only 25 years old.

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His scouts have brought him reports of a Persian force close by.

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It is King Darius, out to avenge his defeat at Issus. He has gathered around him a larger army than Alexander has ever faced before,  comprised of troops from all corners of the Persian empire.

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Darius has deployed his army across a wide plain, and has specially flattened the field of engagement to create ideal terrain for his chariots. 

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Darius has lured Alexander to his chosen battleground, and his army far outnumbers Alexander's.

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The odds would appear to be stacked against the young pretender.

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But Alexander is confident. He knows his troops are superior, and he has a plan to exploit the weaknesses of both the Persian army and its commander. 

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Alexander suspects that Darius lacks personal courage, and knows that the superstitious Persian troops are  unlikely to continue to fight on without their King. 

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If Alexander can chase Darius into flight, as he did at Issus, the  Persian army will likely fall into disarray. 

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However, Darius is heavily guarded, and it will be difficult to break through to him.

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Alexander must outmaneuver or break through Darius' battle line in order to get to the King. Should he fail to rout Darius, the  Persian army will march forward at full strength and engulf the Macedonians.

6. 히다스페스 전투

Following yet another miraculous victory at Gaugamela, Alexander pursued Darius through the mountains. But he was robbed of his final triumph when the Persian king died by treachery at the hands of his own desperate generals.\n\nThough he had achieved the seemingly impossible in pitting his tiny kingdom against the colossal Persian empire and winning, Alexander's ambition was not satisfied. After five years spent consolidating his hold on Persia, he once again rallied the flagging enthusiasm of his exhausted men and marched for the Indus valley to challenge the authority of the Indian rulers.\n\nThough Alexander met with early success, the Indian king Porus saw no reason to submit to this western upstart and gathered a huge army to thwart him. In the unfamiliar and unhealthy climate of the Indian monsoon and faced with large numbers of men, chariots and war elephants, Alexander once again pitted himself against the odds at the crossing of the River Hydaspes.\n\n

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The River Hydaspes, 326 BC.

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Having conquered the Persian Empire, Alexander persuades his battle weary army to march deeper into Asia.

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His army now boasts Persian recruits in the form of the Mardian archers and Scythian horse archers.

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But the way into India is barred by the River Hydaspes.

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and King Porus guards the river with a huge army.

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Amongst the Indian Army are large numbers of fearsome war elephants.

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Alexander knows that his army cannnot possibly break through such a formidable defence.

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but several days ago, his scouts discovered another fording point several miles upstream.

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and Alexander has a plan…

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He camps his main army in full view of King Porus.

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and spends the next four weeks ordering large amounts of troops up and down the river.

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As expected, Porus follows their movements.

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but eventually, the Indians grow complacent and ignore the Macedonians.

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Alexander is now ready to lead a large force across the unguarded ford and take the fight to the Porus.

7. 아우트로

With King Porus defeated, the conquest of the ancient Indian kingdoms seemed straightforward. But though there were still battles and glory to come, Alexander's star had reached its zenith and the remainder of his tale is one of steady inexorable decline.\n\nAlmost as a portent of the misfortunes to come, Bucephalas, the faithful warhorse whom Alexander had tamed as a boy and who had served him so well for the whole of his adult life, died after the Hydaspes battle. Griefstricken, Alexander had the loyal beast buried with full honours and founded a new city on the river's banks,  naming it Bucephalas.\n\nUrging his exhausted and homesick men on, Alexander continued on his route into India, but morale was at a low ebb. For years they had followed their king faithfully, overcoming one seemingly impossible challenge after another. Now that Persia was conquered, many saw their task as being complete and just wanted to return home. Yet Alexander's appetite for fresh conquests was as keen as ever. Furthermore, he spoke of plans to merge the Greek and Persian cultures, encouraging intermarriage between his men and Persian brides, and also incorporating Persian units into his armies.\n\nFinally, on reaching the river Hyphasis the men refused to go any further. Alexander was furious, but finally bowed to the inevitable and led them on the long march down the Indus. Never one to waste an opportunity, he crushed the Mallian people on his way, though he once again took tremendous risks to achieve his objective and recieved an arrow wound which punctured his lung.\n\nOn reaching the Indian Ocean, the army turned west toward Babylon, planning to cross the Gedrosian Desert with the support of a fleet under Nearchus, but a storm separated the two forces and, denied the supplies which the ships would otherwise have provided, Alexander's men died in their hundreds in the merciless sands.\n\nAlexander marched resolutely on, bouyed up by plans for the construction of a new fleet at Babylon, the raising of a fresh army and the conquest of Carthage and Arabia. Finally leaving the desert behind, he was on the road to Babylon when he suffered another heavy blow. Hephaestion, his friend, lover and soulmate, succumbed to an illness and died.\n\nOn reaching Babylon, Alexander threw himself into arrangements for a lavish funeral for Hephaestion. He then pressed on with preparations for his future military plans. But weakened by his chest wound and the relentless hardships of his life, he fell ill with a fever. For ten days his condition declined until he was unable even to speak. His men were stricken at the news and demanded an opportunity to see him for themselves. As they filed past their dying king, he managed a gesture of greeting and farewell for each, but his time was almost at an end. As the moment drew near, his officers asked him who would rule his empire after him. The great man managed to utter simply "The Strongest" before death finally took him.\n\n

{Alexander_campaign_intro_01}

Following the death of Philip II of Macedon, his 20 year old son, Alexander, has taken the throne.

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Victory at Chaeronea had united Greece under Philip's banner, but in the confusion following his death, unrest is rife.

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Alexander must crush this dissent quickly.

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Only once this is achieved can he look to carry through his father's plan to strike at the mighty Persian empire.

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With the all-powerful Persian fleet patrolling the waters to the south, Alexander will need to pick his moment carefully.

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Securing coastal settlements will deny the Persian ships the ability to refit, eventually lessening their effectiveness.

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But Alexander cannot spare the men to garrison such settlements too heavily, and it may be necessary to slaughter those who might otherwise rise up against him.

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To achieve his objective within his lifetime, Alexander will need to maintain his momentum as he drives into the heart of Persia.

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Reinforcements will take months to arrive, so he must recruit local mercenaries to bolster his ranks.

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In order to proclaim himself the rightful King of Asia, Alexander must control ten key cities within the given turns.

{Alexander_campaign_outro_01}

The great empire of Persia is crushed and its people acknowledge you their ruler!

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You have matched the achievement of the greatest conqueror the world has ever known - a man who’s name echoes throughout history!

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Having conquered Persia, Alexander continued into India.

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He smashed King Porus at the Hydaspes River, but his men, exhausted, homesick and unsettled by their Kings bouts of increasingly unbalanced behaviour finally refused to go any further.

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Despite his fury, Alexander had no choice but to lead his tattered troops down the Indus and then west toward Babylon where hundreds of his men perished in the Gedrosian desert.

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Babylon would be the new centre of Macedon rule, further steps would be taken to create a homogenous culture and a new fleet would be born to challenge Arabia and Carthage.

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But none of this was to be…

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On his return to Babylon, Alexander finally met an opponent against whom all of his courage and skill was useless.

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He succumbed to a fever and at the age of thirty-two the man who rode unscathed from countless battlefields died in his sick bed.

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Surely Alexander had earned his epithet ‘The Great’ and in the process attained immortality!

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With his army broken, Porus was captured but Alexander, impressed by his bravery, reinstated him.

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Porus proved a valuable ally as Alexander sought to pacify the surrounding area.

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Still his restless spirit seemed unsatisfied and it became apparent that he planned to continue on down the Ganges to take the unsettled empire of Magadha.

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He also voiced plans for a naval expedition back across the Mediterranean to conquer Carthage.

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This was a step too far for his exhausted men and an officer, Coenus found the courage to speak for them.

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When told that his troops would rather return home than continue further with him on his road to personal glory, Alexander stalked back to his tent in a rage.

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After three days the situation remained unchanged so Alexander bowed to the inevitable and agreed to return home.

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True to character though, the homeward route which Alexander chose was not straightforward and presented further opportunity for battle and conquest in the Indus valley.

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On reaching the Indus delta, he assembled a fleet which was to support his land army as it marched westward across the desolate Gedrosian desert.

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However, the monsoon separated the two forces and there was great loss of life amongst his men from thirst and heat exhaustion before they reached safety at Susa.

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Alexander returned to Babylon, intending that the city should become the capital of his new empire.

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Flushed with success and firmly convinced of his own divinity, Alexander's behavior became increasingly despotic.

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This, coupled with further measures to mix the Persian and Greek troops and cultures led to unrest, including a full revolt at Opis.

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However, in 323BC Alexander's plans for the construction of a fleet to  attack Arabia and Carthage thereafter were well advanced when he fell ill with a fever.

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Ten days later, at the age of 32 Alexander died.

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When asked on his deathbed who was to succeed him he replied "the strongest"...{chaeronea_01}

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