The Battle of Gaugamela, fought on October 1, 331 BCE, stands as one of the most significant military engagements in ancient history. Alexander the Great, leading his Macedonian forces, faced the vast ...

Without suffering a single defeat, Alexander led his men to victories across the Persian territories of Asia Minor, Egypt and Syria. In 331 BC, his outnumbered army faced off against the Persian King ...

The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations at Pompeii in the 19th century. Now, researchers are conducting a long, ...

Alexander refused but continued to respect Darius’s family, later arranging for them to learn Greek. On 1 October 331 Darius lost the Battle of Gaugamela and again left the battlefield at high speed.

Alexander was born in Pella ... His greatest victory was at the Battle of Gaugamela, in what is now northern Iraq, in 331 BC. The young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, overlord of ...

Alexander the Great established himself as Emperor of Asia and urged his generals to marry Persian women in the Susa weddings.

Alexander the Great had dealt the Achaemenid ... it is known that he was an Achaemenid prince who fought at the battle of ...

The battle of 90,000 men saw Alexander's Macedonian army face the formidable Persian force for the first time. The Persian ruler Darius was warned not to meet the Macedonian army head-on ...

ROME (Phys.org) -- In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander of Macedon and the Persian king ...

a massive mosaic depicting Alexander the Great’s triumph over the Persian king Darius III at the epic Battle of Issus. For nearly two centuries, this intricate artwork of over 1.9 million ...