Iam ad teli iactum pervenerant, cum Persarum equites ferociter in laevum cornu hostium invecti sunt; quippe Dareus equestri proelio decernere optabat, phalangem Macedonici exercitus robur esse coniectans.
Now they had come within spear-throw, when the cavalry of the Persians made a fierce charge upon their enemies left wing; for Darius chose to make it a contest of cavalry, in the belief that the phalanx was the main strength of the Macedonian army.
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