Glaucias of Macedon
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Glaucias of Macedon was an officer of the Companion cavalry at the Battle of Gaugamela. He may be the Glaucias who, on Cassander's orders, murdered Alexander IV of Macedon and his mother Roxana in the
Tomb III in Vergina, which probably belonged to Alexander IV
Battle of Gaugamela
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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 t
Battle of Alexander versus Darius by Pietro da Cortona
Account of Alexander's victory over the last Achaemenid king Darius III at the battle of Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BC and his triumphant entry into Babylon, in cuneiform. Babylon, Iraq. British Museum
The Battle of Gaugamela, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1602
Indian war elephants in the Achaemenid army at the Battle of Gaugamela