37. Study Questions Copy

Both seem to have been motivated by the desire to do what others have deemed impossible. Apparently even Heracles could not take the Aornos rock.

He was allowed to retain his kingdom but only as a satrapy.

He founded a city in his name.

Some of it may have been down to ego, but at other times, it would have been a way of mixing Greeks and locals, and also a way of leaving a garrison behind to prevent rebellion.