Peritas the legendary dog followed Alexander the Great on the path to glory, fighting alongside his master and saving his ...

For centuries, historians relied on ambiguous descriptions of the battle ... of Issus and Gaugamela, which led to the ultimate downfall of the Persian Empire and Alexander’s expansion into ...

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 ...