Ad haec vates varia interpretatione curam distrinxerant; alii laetum id regi somnium esse dicebant, quod castra hostium arsissent, quod Alexandrum deposita regia veste in Persico et vulgari habitu perductum ad se vidisset, quidam non: augurabantur quippe illustria Macedonum castra visa fulgorem Alexandro portendere; cui vel regnum Asiae occupare fatum esse haud ambigue doceri quoniam in eodem habitu Dareus fuisset, cum appellatus est rex.
Besides this, the soothsayers had distracted his troubled mind by varying interpretations; some said that that dream was of good omen for the king because the enemies camp had burned, and because he had seen Alexander, after laying aside his regal dress, brought to him attired as a Persian, and that too, dressed like one of the common sort; others disagreed: for they conjectured that to have seen the Macedonians camp illuminated foretold brilliance for Alexander; that he was fated even to seize the rule of Asia was shown beyond doubt, since Darius had worn the same attire when he was named king.
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