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Alexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns.1 They had spent almost eight years among toils and dangers, and it was necessary to raise their spirits by an effective appeal if they were to undertake the expedition against the Gandaridae.

1 Curtius 9.2.8-11. This reflection on the sad state of his soldiers is lacking in Arrian.

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