War elephants were used in Iranian military history, most notably in Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Sasanian periods. These were Asian elephants recruited...

and the Persian war elephants occurred at Alexander's Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC), where the Persians deployed fifteen elephants. These elephants were placed...

The Roman–Persian Wars, also known as the Roman–Iranian Wars, were a series of conflicts between states of the Greco-Roman world and two successive Iranian...

speculation. North African elephant, a subspecies of African elephant that became extinct around the 2nd century BC. Persian war elephants Deraniyagala, P. E...

the Persians can breed horses, armoured horses, camels, elephants, and war elephants. Horses can take one soldier, camels can take two, and elephants can...

professional force. Spahbed Byzantine army Late Roman army Roman-Persian Wars* Persian war elephants Cataphract Aswaran Farrokh, Kaveh; Karamian, Gholamreza;...

Romans made use of war elephants, and turreted elephants feature on the coinage of Juba II of Numidia, in the 1st century BC. Elephants were used in the...

communication. African elephants have larger ears and concave backs, whereas Asian elephants have smaller ears and convex or level backs. Elephants are scattered...

War elephants were used for centuries, primarily from Indian subcontinent to the Middle East, and were often armored. Made of iron or steel, elephant swords...

by elephant Elephants and mice sub-section of Fear of mice article Faithful Elephants, story of the elephants in Tokyo's Ueno Zoo during World War II...

Asawira Sasanian army Byzantine army Late Roman army Roman-Persian Wars Persian war elephants Aspbed Spahbed Furusiyya Zhayedan Daryaee 2018, pp. 303–304...

(Byzantine Empire) Praetorian Guard Hazarbed Persian war elephants Battle of Callinicum Hephthalite–Sasanian War of 484 Charles, Michael B (1 January 2011)...

hand-picked soldiers, which included cavalry, Dailamite infantry, and war elephants. In 588 CE, the Sasanians set out from Nishapur to confront the Turks...

by Persian war elephants to utilize the species in battle. The Macedonians would fight elephants by loosening their ranks to allow the elephants to pass...

army Roman-Persian Wars Derbent, the only surviving Sassanid fortress Persian war elephants Shadows in the desert: ancient Persia at war By Kaveh Farrokh...

retaliated. The Persian elephant corps once again led the charge, supported by their infantry and cavalry. At the approach of the Sassanid elephants, the Muslim...

dream of. Also present in the Persian army, a sign that the Persians were still very powerful, were the feared war elephants. While Darius had a significant...

arrangement, Seleucus received 500 war elephants from Chandragupta Maurya, which subsequently influenced the Wars of the Diadochi in the west. Seleucus...

direct experience. The first blind elephant felt the man and declared, 'Men are flat.' After the other blind elephants felt the man, they agreed. Moral:...

used during gameplay include slingers, musketeers, tanks, large Persian war elephants, aircraft carriers, and nuclear missiles. Players progress in different...

the war elephants.[citation needed] In the later years of the Achaemenid Empire, the chariot archer had become merely a ceremonial part of the Persian army...

Indian war elephants. The stables were soon overrun and the two even managed to escape the city during the cacophony of violence with the elephants. They...

of 2023[update], Myanmar has ten white elephants. The king of Thailand also keeps a number of white elephants, eleven of which are still alive as of 2016[update]...

troops: Persian immortal guard (Zhayedan) Azadan nobility Aswaran: elite cavalry also described as the Persian knightly caste (see below) War elephants Light...

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Persians. War elephants were sometimes deployed for fighting in ancient warfare. They were first used in India and later adopted by the Persians. War...

The second cavalry involved the use of the war elephants. In fact, it was their specialty to deploy elephants as cavalry support. Unlike the Parthians,...

the King's personal chariot and bow and the war elephants. It was a disastrous defeat for the Persians and one of Alexander's finest victories.[citation...

poised with cavalry on both flanks, the war elephants in front, and infantry behind the elephants. These war elephants presented an especially difficult situation...

000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry, and 102 elephants. This is the only known battle in which African and Asian elephants were used against each other. Due to...