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συχνῶν, τοξότας καὶ ἀκοντιστὰς καὶ σιδηροῦν
πύργον. ταῦτα δὲ ἦν ἅπαντα πρὸς τὸ χωρίον
χειροποίητον γεγονὸς τέλμα κωλύματα, καὶ ἦν
αὐτοῖς ἔργῳ φανερά: ὅθεν οὐκ εἰκὸς εἰς μάχην
ἰέναι, ἀλλὰ ἐς κατάπληξιν τῶν ἔνδον παρασκευάζεσθαι.
προσῆγον δὲ ἐν τάξει μέτρον διεστῶτες
ἀλλήλων ἴσον, καὶ ἐῴκει τείχει τῶν Παρθυαίων ἡ
φάλαγξ: τὰ μὲν θηρία τοὺς πύργους φέροντα,
τῶν ὁπλιτῶν δὲ ἀναπληρούντων τὰ ἐν μέσῳ.
ταχθέντες δὲ οὕτως οὐ μέγα ὄφελος ἦσαν τῷ
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