Tristan Hughes

Let's rest.

Let's

Whether they're already thinking of let's go back home, some of them surely yes, but it's so far away.

And it's that element of utter exhaustion, and they will not be moved.

Even when he tries to bribe them, then frighten them, and then bully them, it doesn't work.

So eventually he gives in and retreats, but you have this story of him building these

camps with sort of oversized armor left behind.

And this is a gesture to the Indians that some race of giants have come to their aid and you better be frightened of the Macedonians because we might come back one day.

But it is space-saving.

It's no more than that.

And I don't think anybody local is that impressed by this.

But that's the point where there have been these situations where he hasn't read the mood of the men at all well.

Even though he can inspire them when they're fighting, he's great.

He can do all of that.

But why this is happening and why this is going on, he can't seem to sympathize with them.

Yes.

I mean, most of the city gets swept away by flooding before too long.

But nevertheless, it's a remarkable thing.

Hadrian wrote a poem and left a grand tomb at Tivoli for one of his famous hunting horses.

But to found a city and name it after your horse is a big, big deal.