decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Documented facts
- Date
- 1 October 331 BCE (Julian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Gaugamela
- Source coordinates
- 36.3600°, 43.2500°
- Part of
- Wars of Alexander the Great
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Alexander the Great — documented command · Source ↗
- Hephaestion — documented command · Source ↗
- Parmenion — documented command · Source ↗
- Ariston of Paionia — documented command · Source ↗
- Simmias of Macedon — documented command · Source ↗
- Coenus — documented command · Source ↗
- Darius III — documented command · Source ↗
- Bessus — documented command · Source ↗
- Mazaios — documented command · Source ↗
- Parmenion — documented participation · Source ↗
- Coenus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Andromachus — documented participation · Source ↗
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