In 333 B.C., Alexander and his men encountered a massive Persian army led by King Darius III near the town of Issus in southern Turkey. Alexander’s forces were greatly outnumbered in men but not in experience or the determination for revenge and to claim Persia’s great wealth, much of...
Darius: Darius (by whose name you are called), if history tell true, long ago laid waste all the Greek cities on the coast of the Hellespont; all the Ionian colonies on that side. Neither was he content with this, but passing the sea with a vast army, made a second invasion; but ...
Alexander and his men moved on. Next , Alexander and his army freed Greek cities along the Aegean Sea . Darius III , theking of Persia , went to fight Alexander and the Greeks in the Battle of Issus.The Persians again lost to the Macedonians ...
Alexander the Great (356 BC-11 June 323 BC) was King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC (succeeding Philip II and preceding Alexander IV and Philip III) and Pharaoh of Egypt from 332 to 323 BC and King of Persia from 330 to 323 BC. Alexander was one of histor
The year is 330 BC and Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military minds of all time, begins his march through Persia. Soon he will battle the Persian army in his first direct engagement with King Darius III, a pivotal event in his journey to conquering much ...
Alexander III was born in 356 B.C. in the small Kingdom of Macedonia. Tutored in his youth by Aristotle and trained for battle by his father, Philip II, Alexander the Great grew to become a powerful imperialist. His undermanned defeat of the Persian King Darius III at the Battle of Ga...
Along with the letter in which you make a display of your great power you have sent me a scourge, a ball, a coffer filled with gold, and an assload of sesame; all of which I refer to good fortune and regard as auspicious sighs. The scourge portends that I shall be the instrument ...
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Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt in 332 BC. After defeating the Persian emperor Darius for control of Syria, Alexander marched to Egypt.
Darius III, the last king of the Achaemenid Empire, was defeated at the Battle of Issus, in southern Anatolia, by Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 333 BC. Darius fled the scene of his defeat, but his mother Sisigambis, his wife Stateira I and daughters, Stateira II and Drypetis, ...