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    Miletus 3 Granicus 2 Pella 1    The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great of Macedon...
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    Issus 4 Miletus 3 Granicus 2 Pella 1    The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on 5 November 333 BC between the Hellenic League...
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    among the five satraps. The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BC was fought in Northwestern Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), near the site of Troy...
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  • Granicus may refer to: Granicus River, also called Biga River (Turkish: Biga Çayı) Battle of the Granicus River, between Alexander the Great and the Persian...
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    Biga Çayı (redirect from Granicus River)
    the modern-day town of Biga were the site of the Battle of the Granicus, fought in 334 BC between the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great and the forces...
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    satrapies (provinces) after the defeat at the Battle of the Granicus. During the Siege of Halicarnassus, Memnon was the leading commander, and nearly...
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    the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC and was killed by him in a drunken quarrel six years later. Cleitus was the son of Dropidas (who was the son of Critias)...
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    notable descriptions of Alexander's sack of Thebes in 335 and the battle of the Granicus in summer 334 BC. Book 2 The majority of this book is dominated...
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  • Persian, commander of 20,000 Greek mercenaries in the battle of the Granicus (modern-day Turkey). He was killed during the battle. Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri...
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    Miletus 3 Granicus 2 Pella 1    The Battle of Jaxartes was fought in 329 BC by Alexander the Great and his Hellenic (Greek) army against the Saka at the River...
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    at the Battle of the Granicus, Alexander accepted the surrender of the Persian provincial capital and treasury of Sardis; he then proceeded along the Ionian...
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    Persians commanded by the Greek mercenary Memnon of Rhodes, in the Battle of the Granicus near the Sea of Marmara. A large number of King Darius III's Greek...
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  • The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but...
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  • Parmenion (category Generals of Alexander the Great)
    formulating the orthodox strategy. For instance, according to Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander, at the Battle of Granicus, Parmenion suggested delay before the attack...
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    fighting at the Battle of the Granicus, the Siege of Miletus, and the Siege of Tyre. In the latter part of 330 BC, while with Alexander in the area of today's...
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    Macedonian phalanx (category Military units and formations of the Hellenistic world)
    employed. Battle of Crocus Field (353/352 BC) Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) Battle of the Granicus (334 BC) Battle of Issus (333 BC) Battle of Gaugamela...
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  • Laconic phrase (category Culture of Sparta)
    invasion of the Persian Empire, a fact memorialized in a proclamation Alexander sent to Athens with armor captured at the Battle of the Granicus: "Alexander...
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    Spithridates (category Opponents of Alexander the Great)
    Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus. He was one of the Persian commanders at the Battle of the Granicus, in 334 BC...
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  • Battle of the Granicus. See Companion cavalry#Unit. Each ile numbered between 200 and 300 horsemen. Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great (2006)...
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    Miletus 3 Granicus 2 Pella 1    The Battle of Gaugamela (/ˌɡɔːɡəˈmiːlə/ GAW-gə-MEE-lə; Ancient Greek: Γαυγάμηλα, romanized: Gaugámēla, lit. 'the Camel's...
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  • Niphates (Persian general) (category Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire)
    of the Persian generals in the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was stationed on the Persian right during the battle...
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  • one of the Persian generals in the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was a son of that Darius who was son of Artaxerxes...
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    Sparta (redirect from The Spartan)
    upon defeating the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus, Alexander the Great sent to Athens 300 suits of Persian armour with the following inscription:...
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  • Rome: Total War: Alexander (category Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great)
    Athens and Thebes. Next is the Battle of the Granicus against Memnon of Rhodes. After the Battle of the Granicus comes the Siege of Halicarnassus, in which...
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  • to defend and attack your opponent (e.g., Siege of Alesia and the Battle of the Granicus). However, the defensive can become too passive and result in...
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    the Granicus River in the Battle of the Granicus on his way to Asia in 334 BC. The region came under the government of the Kingdom of Pergamon in the...
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  • Pharnaces (Persian noble) (category Year of birth missing)
    Mithridates and thus they were nephews of Pharnaces. He was one of the Persian commanders in the battle of the Granicus in 334 BC in Asia Minor (modern-day...
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  • Petenes (category Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire)
    Πετήνης) was one of the Persian generals in the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was killed during the cavalry engagement...
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  • Zeleia (category Members of the Delian League)
    as the headquarters of the Persian army before the Battle of the Granicus, in May 334 BCE, where the Persian satraps held a council at Zeleia where they...
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  • of Alexander» en JHS 83, 1963. Hamilton, J. R., «The cavalry battle at the Hydaspes» en JHS 76, 1956. Hammond, N. G. L., «The battle of the Granicus river»...
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