Of the Barbarians, we are told, twenty thousand footmen fell, and twenty-five hundred horsemen. But on Alexander's side, Aristobulus says there were thirty-four dead in all, of whom nine were footmen.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :
long-term consequence: Through his victory, Alexander is able to take his campaign further into Persian territory.
He also orders Lysippus to make a bronze statue of his fallen soldiers. This is mentioned in 16.8.
