General · Europe
Alexander III of Macedon
356–323 BCE
Alexander inherited the Macedonian army his father Philip had built and led it out of the Balkans into the Persian Empire. He fought in person at the head of the companion cavalry. The campaigns usually listed under his name run from the Granicus through Issus, the siege of Tyre, Gaugamela, and on to the Hydaspes in India.
Battles
- Battle of Issus
31 October 333 BCE · Issus · Turkey
- Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
January 332 BCE · Tyre · Lebanon
- Battle of Gaugamela
26 September 331 BCE · Gaugamela · Iraq
- Battle of the Hydaspes
May 326 BCE · Jhelum River · Pakistan · India