ABSTRACT
A swift campaign in Cappadocia, east of Paphlagonia, took place, which Alexander followed with another satrapal appointment. By the end of the summer Alexander had arrived at the Cilician Gates. A lacklustre resistance was offered, as Arsames, satrap of Cilicia, slashed his crops to deny the Macedonian army needed provisions. Accompanying the Persian army was the royal baggage train, groaning with treasure, as well as Darius's wife and daughters it was always good to see ones husband and father do battle. The Persian fleet returned from its base at Siphnos to Cyprus when news of Issus broke, but defections within it to Alexander's side made it a shadow of its former self. A breakthrough for the Macedonian king came in midsummer with the return of the Phoenician contingent of the Persian fleet. Eighty ships were from cities other than Tyre, and a short while later 120 ships from Cyprus put into Sidon, bringing with them Cyprus's surrender to Alexander.
