Mille admodum equites praemiserat; quorum paucitate Alexander explorata, deinde contempta, praefectum Paeonum equitum Aristona laxatis habenis invehi iussit.
Mazaeus had sent ahead only 1000 horsemen; and Alexander, having ascertained their small number and then treated it with scorn, ordered Ariston, commander of the Paeonian cavalry, to charge them at full speed.
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