Alexander, senioribus militum in patriam remissis, xiii milia peditum et ii milia equitum quae in Asia retineret eligi iussit, existimans modico exercitu continere posse Asiam, quia pluribus locis praesidia disposuisset, nuperque conditas urbes colonis replesset  res retinere cupientibus.
Alexander, having sent the older of his soldiers to their native land, ordered 13,000 infantry and 2000 horsemen to be selected for him to retain in Asia, thinking that Asia could be held by an army of moderate size, because he had distributed garrisons in many places and had filled the newly founded cities with colonists desirous of maintaining  the status quo.
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