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

WINTER-QUA R TERS. 411quently to demand in their acts, if not in words, the chanceto satiate their thirst for blood and other horrors.The army had reached Persepolis late in the year, andhere Alexander quartered his troops four months in order toescape the rigors and losses of a winter march in the mountainousregions of Persia.In this he exhibited his usual wisdomand the care he always lavished on his men. But hehimself, heedless of the pleasures of the gay capital, andleaving Parmenio and Craterus in command, started in three'Slllmnm,,..,,.. t. ..„mi\>"""% # ?]weeks, and made various excursions against the neighboringtribes, so as to reduce the provinces of Persis to complete subjugationonce for all.The Mardians in the mountains to the south, betweenShiraz and the Persian Gulf, had, much like the Uxians, beenalmost independent.These Mardianswere huntersonly, who hadnever sowed aseed.in caves.They dweltThe menand women didequal work, andboth fought in battle.The womenwere said to be thefiercer.It was essentialto subduethese tribes, in or-^ ''11,\,m