What the records say
- When
- 15 Jan 330 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 30.71° N, 51.60° E
- Description
- battle between Alexander the Great and Ariobarzanes near Persepolis in a small mountainpass known as the Persian gate along the Royal road
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexander der Große überwindet auf seinem Zug die Persische Pforte, sodass ihm nun der Weg in das Kernland Persiens offensteht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en marchant sur Persépolis, Alexandre le Grand se heurte au satrape Ariobarzanès aux Portes persiques et subit de lourdes pertes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page