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The military tactics of Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) have been widely regarded as evidence that he was one of the greatest generals in history. During the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), won against the Athenian and Theban armies, and the battles of Granicius (334 BC) and of Issus (333 BC), won against the Achaemenid Persian army of Darius III, Alexander employed the so-called "hammer ...
Despite his military accomplishments, Alexander did not provide any stable alternative to the rule of the Achaemenids, [4] and his untimely death threw the vast territories he conquered into a series of civil wars commonly known as the Wars of the Diadochi.
Alexander perhaps earned the epithet "the Great" due to his unparalleled success as a military commander; he never lost a battle, despite typically being outnumbered. [198] This was due to use of terrain, phalanx and cavalry tactics, bold strategy, and the fierce loyalty of his troops. [ 199 ]
The siege of Tyre was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians.The Macedonian army was unable to capture the city, which was a strategic coastal base on the Mediterranean Sea, through conventional means because it was on an island and had walls right up to the sea.
The Siege of Pelium was undertaken by Alexander the Great against the Illyrian tribes of what is modern day Albania. [7] [8] It was critical for Alexander to take this pass as it provided easy access to Illyria and Macedonia, which was urgently needed in order to quell the unrest in Greece at this time in Athens and Thebes. This was an ...
English, S. (2011) The Army of Alexander the Great, Pen & Sword Military, London. Errington, R. M. (1990). A History of Macedonia. Translated by Catherine Errington. Berkeley, Los Angeles, & Oxford: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-06319-8. Gaebel, R.E, (2004) Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World, University of Oklahoma Press
Of those who accompanied Alexander to India, Aristobulus, Onesicritus, and Nearchus wrote about the Indian campaign. [6] The only surviving contemporary account of Alexander's Indian campaign is a report of the voyage of the naval commander Nearchus, [7] who was tasked with exploring the coast between the Indus River and the Persian Gulf. [6]
Military personnel of Alexander the Great (8 C, 7 P) O. ... Pages in category "Wars of Alexander the Great" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 ...