This man's downfall came when his opponent used inflated tent-skins filled with straw to ford a river.
This man's downfall came when his opponent used inflated tent-skins filled with straw to ford a river. After being captured, it's said that this man was marched naked in a wooden collar along a road and, after having his body mutilated, he was turned over to Oxyathres, who was commanded not even to allow the vultures to eat his body. Before this man was betrayed by his courtiers Datames and Spitamenes, he'd ordered all ships on the Oxus river to be burned to prevent invasion of his land, though he mistakenly left the Hindu Kush unguarded. Before all that, he conspired with Barsaentes and Satibarzanes after his superior failed to gather sufficient troops in Ecbatana. Ultimately captured by Ptolemy, this man had declared himself king under the name Artaxerxes V. He'd earlier commanded the Persian left flank at the Battle of Gaugamela. FTP, name this satrap of Bactria who assassinated king Darius III.
This man's downfall came when his opponent used inflated tent-skins filled with straw to ford a river.
Bessus [accept Artaxerxes V until mentioned]