From Issus Alexander marched south into Syria and Phoenicia, his object being to isolate the Persian fleet from its bases and so to damage it as an efficient combating power. The Phoenician towns Marathus and Aradus came over quietly, and Parmenio was despatched in advance to safe Damascus and its https://marcoybkfd.slypage.com/37209128/details-fiction-and-theological-report