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[3] Alexander accepted their goodwill, declared their cities to be free, and marched on against the next tribes.

He found that the Agalasseis, as they were called, were drawn up in battle formation.1 Their strength was forty thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry. He engaged them and, conquering, cut down most of them. Those who escaped into the neighbouring cities he besieged, captured, and sold as slaves.

1 Curtius 9.4.5 (who calls them simply "another nation" but mentions their 40,000 troops); Justin 12.9.2 ("Agensones").

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