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[6] When Alexander at daybreak learned what had taken place he razed the city and surrounded the citadel with a formidable wall and trench.1 A portion of his force under certain generals he dispatched into the interior with orders to subdue the neighbouring tribes.2

These commanders, campaigning vigorously, subdued the whole region as far as greater Phrygia, supporting their men on the land.

1 Arrian. 1.23.6.

2 Arrian. 1.24.3, states only that Parmenion was sent back to Sardes with mostly non-Macedonian troops, to proceed thence into Phrygia.

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