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A good general had to know how marches were conducted both during the day and the night as well as be able to calculate the distance that such a march would cover. It was considered most advantageous to be acquainted with the country, the nature of the ground and the roads through which the march would take place, the persons by whom and with whom he would act. He should make careful inquiries and not trust just anyone. As far as guides were concerned, some kind of insurance should always be secured. Such an example is given by Diodorus, when he has Artaxerxes’ division of Nicostratus cross over into Egypt with his ships through a certain channel with Egyptian guides, whose wives and children were held hostage by the Persians.
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