Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Soldiers of Alexander the Great
Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander 3.2.15 (tr. John C. Rolfe):
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[W]hen they are wearied, the earth is their bed, such food as they can snatch amid toil satisfies them, their time for sleep is shorter than the night.
fatigatis humus cubile est, cibus, quem occupati rapiunt, satiat, tempora somni artiora quam noctis sunt.
