battle of Issus


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a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III

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The Battle of Issus is a notable omission from the survey.
Alexander the Great: A New Life
Phoenician coinage dated the years of Alexander the Great's reign either from the Battle of Issus or from his subsequent arrival in Sidon shortly thereafter, not from his accession to the Macedonian throne.
Idumaean ostraca and early Hellenistic chronology
He rode Bucephalas both in war (for example, at the battle of Issus, 333 BC) and when indulging his insatiable passion for hunting wild animals in the rare intervals of rest between campaigning and marching.
Alexander the Great: hunting for a new past? Paul Cartledge goes in search of the elusive personality of the world's greatest hero
Painting: The Battle of Issus, 1529, Albrecht Altdorfer, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
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