- battle of Issus
- nouna battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III• Syn: ↑Issus• Regions: ↑Asia Minor, ↑Anatolia• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
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Battle of Issus — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Alexander battling Darius at the Battle of Issus conflict=Battle of Issus partof=the Wars of Alexander the Great date=November 5, 333 BC place=Issus, Turkey territory=Alexander controls southern Asia Minor.… … Wikipedia
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Battle of Issus (194) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Issus caption= partof= date=194 place= result=decisive victory for Septimus Severus combatant1=forces of Septimus Severus combatant2=forces of Pescennius Niger commander1=Septimus Severus… … Wikipedia
Issus (town) — Issus is an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river (a fast melt water stream several meters wide) below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the east in the Turkish Province … Wikipedia
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Issus — prop. n. A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III. Syn: battle of Issus. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Battle of Marathon — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Marathon partof=the Greco Persian Wars caption=The plain of Marathon today date=September 490 BC place=Marathon, Greece result=Athenian victory territory=Persians fail to conquer Attica… … Wikipedia
Battle of the Granicus — Infobox Military Conflict caption=The Battle of the Granicus River conflict=Battle of the Granicus partof=the Wars of Alexander the Great date=May, 334 BC place=Granicus River (Modern day Biga Çayı ), Turkey result=Macedonian victory.… … Wikipedia
