Quote Originally Posted by Vilkku92 View Post
IIRC most Greek mercs decided they would rather die fighting after Alexander had slaughtered the Greeks wishing to switch sides at the Battle of Granicus, out of fear they would be killed anyway. Not that big of a problem for Alexander though, since he wasn't really losing men that fast anyway.
quintus' account seemed to suggest otherwise... Alexandros' was impressed many times by their seeming resolve to 'fight to the death' that he gave them quite competitive wages for switching sides. Moreover, all of the greeks that served Darius switch sides after Alexandros started on his campaign to chase Bessus.