III. Alexander visits the Temple of Ammon 144
V. Settlement of the Affairs of Egypt 148
VI. March into Syria.—Alexander’s Kindness to Harpalus and his other early Adherents 150
VII. Passage of the Euphrates and Tigris 152
VIII. Description of Darius’s Army at Arbela 154
IX. Alexander’s Tactics.—His Speech to the Officers 157
XIV. Battle of Arbela.—Flight of Darius 166
XV. Defeat of the Persians and Pursuit of Darius 168
XVI. Escape of Darius into Media.—March of Alexander to Babylon and Susa 170
XVIII. Defeat of Ariobarzanes and Capture of Persepolis 176
XIX. Darius pursued into Media and Parthia 179
XXI. Darius is Assassinated by Bessus 182
XXII. Reflections on the Fate of Darius 185
XXIV. Expedition against the Mardians 189
XXV. March to Bactra.—Bessus aided by Satibarzanes 191
XXVI. Philotas and Parmenio put to Death 193
XXVII. Treatment of Amyntas.—The Ariaspians 195
XXVIII. Alexander crosses the Hindu-Koosh 196
XXIX. Conquest of Bactria, and Pursuit of Bessus across the Oxus 199
XXX. Capture of Bessus.—Exploits in Sogdiana 201
II. Capture of Five Cities in Two Days 206
III. Storming of Cyropolis.—Revolt of the Scythians 208
IV. Defeat of the Scythians beyond the Tanais 210
V. Spitamenes destroys a Macedonian Detachment 212
VI. Spitamenes driven into the Desert 214
X. Dispute between Callisthenes and Anaxarchus 223
XI. Callisthenes Opposes the Proposal to honour Alexander by Prostration 225
XII. Callisthenes refuses to Prostrate himself 228
XIV. Execution of Callisthenes and Hermolaüs 231
XV. Alliance with the Scythians and Chorasmians 233
XVI. Subjugation of Sogdiana.—Revolt of Spitamenes 235
XVIII. Oxyartes Besieged in the Sogdian Rock 239
XIX. Alexander Captures the Rock and Marries Roxana 241
XX. Magnanimous Treatment of the Family of Darius 242
XXI. Capture of the Rock of Chorienes 244
XXII. Alexander reaches the River Cabul, and Receives the Homage of Taxiles 246
XXIV. Operations against the Aspasians 250
XXV. Defeat of the Aspasians.—The Assacenians and Guraeans Attacked 252
XXVIII. Capture of Bazira.—Advance to the Rock of Aornus 257
XXX. Capture of Aornus.—Arrival at the Indus 262
III. Incredulity of Eratosthenes.—Passage of the Indus 269
VIII. March from the Indus to the Hydaspes 279
IX. Porus obstructs Alexander’s Passage 280