Battle of Gaugamela

When

26 Sep 331 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.36° N, 43.25° E

Description

decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire

Major battle of the Wars of Alexander the Great (331 BC)

The Battle of Gaugamela, also called the Battle of Arbela, took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III. It was the second and final battle between the two kings, and is considered to be the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire, resulting in its complete conquest by Alexander.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexander is victorious in the Battle of Gaugamela (near ancient Ninevah) over the Persian King Darius III. Alexander pursues the defeated Persian forces to…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Gaugamela Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexander unterwirft „ganz Asien“ (das in der hellenischen Welt bekannte Asien, westlich des Indus) durch seinen Sieg in der Schlacht von Gaugamela”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexandre défait le roi perse Darius III à la bataille de Gaugamèles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “решающая победа войска Александра (40000 пехотинцев и 7000 кавалеристов) над армией Дария III (точно неизвестно, примерно 60000 — 70000 пехотинцев, 15000 —…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Gaugamela, a orillas del Tigris (Mesopotamia), en la que el ejército de Alejandro Magno vence a los persas de Darío III.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة غوغميلا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “رخ دادن نبردی به نام جنگ گوگمل میان شاهنشاهی هخامنشی به فرماندهی داریوش سوم و مقدونیه به فرماندهی اسکندر مقدونی”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “马其顿王国亚历山大三世的大军在高加米拉战役中击败了波斯大流士三世，此战决定性的导致了波斯帝国灭亡”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アレクサンダー大王はガウガメラの戦いに勝利し、ダレイオス3世のペルシア軍を打ち破った。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page