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On the right wing Alexander stationed the royal squadron under the command of Cleitus the Black (as he was called), and next to this the other Friends1 under the command of Parmenion's son Philotas, then in succession the other seven squadrons under the same commander.

1 This term is somewhat unexpectedly used instead of the usual term "Companions" (Arrian. 3.11.8). The full accounts of the Battle of Gaugemela are those of Curtius 4.12-16 and Arrian 3.11-15; cp. also Justin 11.13-14.3; Plut. Alexander 32-33.

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