Insignis eo die pugna equitum et praecipue Aristonis fuit; praefectum equitatus Persarum Satropaten directa in guttur hasta transfixit fugientemque per medios hostes consecutus, ex equo praecipitavit et obluctanti gladio caput dempsit.
Glorious on that day was the fighting of the cavalry, and in particular of Ariston; aiming his spear straight at the throat of Satropates, leader of the Persian horsemen, he ran it through, then overtaking him as he fled through the midst of the enemy, hurled him from his horse, and in spite of his resistance cut off his head with a sword,
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