Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)

Decisive victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III that toppled the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Fought on a plain near modern Mosul in northern Iraq.
• Alexander's outnumbered Macedonian army broke the Persian center with a wedge-shaped cavalry charge.
• Darius III fled the field and was later murdered by his own satrap Bessus.

Specifications & Metrics

• YEAR: 331 BC