Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost site where Alexander the Great achieved his first major victory in battle. It took place against the ... The Persian ruler Darius was warned not to ...

In May 334 BCE, Alexander the Great won his first victory against ... and Greece before entering the first official battle against Persia (under Darius) in the spring of 334 BCE.

A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is ... Persian king Darius III. The mosaic probably depicts the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C.E., in which Alexander faced off against the Persian ...

One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent ... Even though Alexander’s war was launched against Darius, the rival king rarely features in ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great ... to the location of the Battle of Issus in modern-day Anatolia, where he first beat Darius.

His empire stretched across the known world, but his own army turned against him. With one legendary speech, Alexander the Great silenced a mutiny—forever.

Researchers may have finally identified the site where Alexander the Great fought the Battle of the Granicus against the Persian Empire. The site is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of the city ...