Because, he was not considered weak, let alone beaten.Ī few years before the Indian occupation, a large part of the Macedonian army was killed by the Scythians today in Tajikistan. So in order to maintain the integrity of his troops, Alexander had to fight a constant battle while risking his personal life in battle. Ordinary people accused him of killing his father. In his homeland, he was a foreigner because he was half Albanian, on his mother's side. The Greeks hated Alexander for plundering their cities and enslaving their people. To the Greeks, the Macedonian man was quite different. Macedonians and Greeks received wealth from conquered lands, but the man who ensured this flow was the persona non grata. Why would a wise commander be able to put him and his soldiers in a dangerous position if they just wanted to get away with it?Īlexander's tragedy was that he was in Catch-22. Home soldiers could choose the northwest military route they would take when they arrived. If they were tired of fighting all the time, it is not clear why these soldiers chose to fight in the territories of the cruel Indians. Porus fiercely battled Alexander the Great, and not only survived that battle but made an honorable peace with him and gained an even larger rule in Punjab in what is today Pakistan. In their vicinity, new soldiers arrived zealously from Europe. King Porus of Paurava was an important ruler in the Indian subcontinent during the 4th century BCE. Plutarch, Alexander 60.3-4 on the battle against Porus: Then, on a dark and stormy night, Alexander took a part of his infantry and the best of his horsemen, and after proceeding along the river to a. The Macedonian army had a circus system in place when large numbers of veteran soldiers were released and returned home (with enough gold and slaves). The Porus decadrachms tie in perfectly with details of Alexander’s campaign against Porus such as the assistance in masking his fording of the river that he received from a thunderstorm (e.g. In Alexander's day, crucifixion was a crucifixion. Imagine if German soldiers had told Hitler that they were tired of fighting? They were to be shot briefly. Greek sources say that Alexander withdrew from India because his troops were tired, homesick, and close to rebellion. However, Porous' decision to allow Alexander to fight tested those plans. He thought he could use the Macedonians to get rid of his rival Porous. In May 326, the Macedonian king Alexander the Great and his ally, raja Ambhi of Taxila, defeated Porus, a raja who had not been able to surrender himself to Alexander.There were heavy rains - the monsoon seems to have started early - and the river Jhelum, already wide in May because of the melting waters of the Himalayas, became very wide. He knew that the Macedonian marching army wanted to get out of India immediately. Hydaspes, possible location of the battlefield. The only explanation is that Ambit was driving hard money. Before the war, Alexander gave King Ambit 1,000 talents (25,000 pounds) of gold to fight with the Macedonians.
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