Transcription: At the same time Darius arrived at the coast of Issus. He seized the city and killed all the Macedonian wounded. Darius positioned his troops, about 600,000 men, on the narrow coastal plain of Issus and not on the wide plain of Sohi which was more suitable for battle. The choice that the Persians made gave the Hellenes considerable advantage because it allowed for a complete deployment of Alexander's troops, which consisted of approximately 30,000 men, in the battle that followed, the strategic mastery of the Macedonian king prevailing despite the huge number of the Persian army.
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