26 September 331 BCE · Asia
Battle of Gaugamela
In 331 BCE, on a plain near the Tigris in what is now northern Iraq, Alexander of Macedon met the main field army of Darius III of Persia. The action is the central set-piece of Alexander’s campaign into the Persian heartland.
Commanders
- Alexander III of Macedon · General
- Date
- 26 September 331 BCE
- Place
- Gaugamela · Iraq
- Region
- Asia