At qui in laevo cornu erant Persae, spe posse eum includi, agmen suum a tergo dimicantis opponunt; ingensque periculum in medio haerens adisset, ni equites Agriani, calcaribus subditis, circumfusos regi barbaros adorti essent aversosque caedendo in se obverti cogissent, Turbata erat utraque acies.
But the Persians who were on the left of the wing, hoping that he could be surrounded, opposed their force to the rear of the embattled king; and caught between the two bands, he would have incurred extreme peril, had not the cavalry of the Agriani put spurs to their horses and attacked the barbarians thronging about him, and by slashing at their backs compelled them to turn and face them. Both armies were confused.
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