Issus a town most notable for being the place of the Battle of Issus where Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia, close to present-day Iskenderum, Turkey, on both sides of a small river called Pinarus. In the Battle of Issus in 333 BC Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia. ... Alexander the Great fighting the Persian king Darius (Pompeii mosaic, from a 3rd century BC original Greek painting, now lost). ... Darius III or Codomannus (c. ... Persia can refer to: the Western name for Iran. ... Iskenderun, formerly known in the west as Alexandretta or previously as Scanderoon, is a city in the Turkish province of Hatay. ...
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The battle took place south of the ancient townIssus, which is close to present-day Iskenderum, Turkey, on both sides of a small river called Pinarus.
If Darius were to reach the Gulf of Issus he could use the support from the Persian fleet under Pharnabazus still operating in the Mediterranean Sea, thus easing his supply and possibly landing troops behind the enemy.
The battle of Issus was illustrated (according to the Roman writer Pliny) by a Greek painter, Philoxenus of Eretria, in the late fourth century BC.
Issus, ancient town of Asia Minor, to the north of the Syrian border, near the site of modern İskenderun (Alexandretta), Turkey.
Issus, Battle of, engagement fought in 333 bc between Macedonian king Alexander the Great and Persian king Darius III during Alexander’s conquest of...
By November Alexander had reached Issus, on the Gulf of İskenderun (Alexandretta), a narrow coastal plain between the Amanus Mountains and the sea....
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