Athene's Prophecy (Gaius Claudius Scaevola Trilogy) - Plot & Excerpts
Start with the background. Why fight there?" "Alexander had to," Gaius replied. "There was no point in invading and then declining battle. The Persians, though, had a choice. Memnon, a Greek you may note, recommended the Persians ignore Alexander's army and deprive him of supply by taking all food into fortified towns and use the superior Persian fleet to starve him." "And if you had commanded the Persians? What would you have done?" "A bit of both," Gaius shrugged. "There's no harm in starving them and harassing them before a major battle. Even Greeks can be out of sorts if they think the world's against them, that things aren't going right, that . . ." "We get the picture," Timothy nodded. "So, suppose you are overruled and you have to fight. Analyze the Persian deployment." "I have trouble here," Gaius replied, "because the accounts don't make sense. I suspect the Persian numbers were exaggerated and there are hints the numbers of men on the two sides were fairly close." "Then, for the purposes of this exercise, assume they're about equal." "Taking up position on a high bank beside a swollen river is good," Gaius noted.
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