Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from ...

170 COUNCILS OF WAR.the officers of given rank, whether of Macedonians or Greeks,auxiliary or mercenary, Thracians or Agrianians, Odryssians,or Paeonians, were all present and had equal right to beheard and considered. But it is probable that the Macedonianshad higher rank and more influence in such councils,and the opinion of the somatophylaxes, for instance, wouldbe apt to bear greater weight. But Alexander invariably,excepting at the Hyphasis, carried his point. His persuasivenesswas always equal to the respect and affection of hissubordinates.Philip of Macedon, from a coin.