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290 THE CILICIAN GATES.had expected to be unable to force it, <strong>and</strong> had made preparationsto turn it by transporting a force <strong>of</strong> troops by sea to <strong>the</strong>rear <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pass.Xenophon characterized <strong>the</strong> defile as beyondGATESGordium to Araanus.human ability to take. In many places but four men canmarch abreast between <strong>the</strong> perpendicular walls <strong>of</strong> stone.<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>was unable, without a fleet, to resort to Cyrus' turningmanoeuvre. The Persians, did <strong>the</strong>y but know it, had <strong>the</strong>

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