Tigri deinde superato, cum audisset haud procul abesse hostem, Satropaten, equitum praefectum, cum mille delectis praemisit, Mazaeo praetori sex milia data, quibus hostem transitu amnis arceret; eidem mandatum, ut regionem quam Alexander esset aditurus popularetur atque ureret.
Then, after crossing the Tigris, when he heard that the enemy was not far off, he sent ahead Satropates, commander of the cavalry, with 1000 elite horsemen. To Mazaeus, satrap of Babylon, 6000 were given, with which to keep the enemy from crossing the river; he was also directed to pillage and burn the region which Alexander was about to approach.
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