XENOPHONS ANABASIS, BOOK IV

A TranslationIn the best condition for marching, but to leave the others behind, and to set free all the prisoners in the army who had been recently taken captive. 13. For the cattle and prisoners, being numerous, made their march slow, while many of the men, too, in charge of them were precluded from fighting 5 and it was necessary to provide and carry with them twice as many provisions, as the men were so numerous. And when this was decided on, they proclaimed that all should act accordingly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.