From Issus Alexander marched south into Syria and Phoenicia, his object being to isolate the Persian fleet from its bases and so to damage it as a highly effective fighting power. The Phoenician towns Marathus and Aradus came over quietly, and Parmenio was despatched forward to safe Damascus and its https://simonoabnx.uzblog.net/the-basic-principles-of-the-origins-of-the-belief-in-resurrection-50202058