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on his expedition to Asia, 334 BC, on which account he was selected by the king to command the body of
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Greek
Somatophylaces
phalanx
Alexander
Macedonians
Gordium
Battle of Issus
Greek mercenaries
Darius III
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"Ptolemaeus (4)"
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