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Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. Flanked by his Companion heavy cavalry, Alexander, King of Macedon, led the charge which broke through the left wing of the Persian army, and forced Darius, the Great King, to flee the battlefield. Persian success against his own left wing forced him to delay his pursuit of the routed troops, but by the end of the day the battle was won, and the heart of the Persian empire lay at his feet. |
Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer. Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River During the Macedonian conquests in 326BC at the tributary at Hydaspes (now Jhelem) of the Indus River, King Porus and his Indian army blocked Alexander the Greats advance with some 50,000 troops leaving 40,000, the bulk of his army, on the west bank of the river. Alexander the Great crossed the Indus river using makeshift pontoons with 14,000 picked cavalry and infantry. The following day he attacked the flank of King Porus position, after 8 hours of hard fighting, Alexander the Greats army routed the Indians, taking 9,000 prisoner including King Porus and killing 12,000. The Macedonian army lost 980 men and this was the last battle of the Asian conquest as Alexanders army rebelled and refused to go further. |
Defeat of Porus by Alexander the Great 326BC by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau. Battle of Hydaspes. Porus had a very large army which included 200 war elephants. The battle saw a charge by the elephants, against the Macedonian forces, which began to look successful. Seeing this, Porus Cavalry charged, against Alexanders cavalry (in this period it was very unusual to have cavalry contact) The elephant charge began to falter and the battle edged towards victory for Alexander. Due to his admiration of Porus as a leader, Alexander granted him honourable terms and built an alliance with him. His army was not so fortunate, with 3,000 cavalry lost and 20,000 infantry killed. |
The Last Great Battle by Tom Lovell. Alexanders infantry and cavalry overwhelm the Indian army of King Porus at the Jhelum River. Maddened by the disaster the kings elephants kept colliding with friends and foes alike, according to Arrian. Soon after the victory, Alexanders men, weary and homesick, demanded that he turn back. |
Defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great 331BC by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau. The Battle of Guagamela 1st October 331BC. Alexander marched to Tyre, then to eastwood to cross the Euphrates and the River Tigris. Alexander was offered by Darius a large quantity of gold (worth over 500million pounds in todays terms) half his kingdom and the hand of his daughter. Alexander refused and a moth later the battle took place. Alexander was outnumbered 4 to 1 but he noticed a weak spot in the Persian line. He led the charge which was a great success and Darius fled the field. Seeing this panic spread through the Persian forces, Dariuss army crumbled. Later Darius was murdered by Persian nobles. |
Battle of Issus by Albrecht Altdorfer. Painted in the 15th Century, the artist having no concept of military dress of the time of Alexander, painted figures in the armour of the 14/15th centuries. |
Eastward the Empire by Tom Lovell. The Hellespont behind him, 22 year old Alexander splashes ashore onto Asian soil. In a prelude to conquest he makes a pilgrimage to Troy to pay homage at the tomb of Achilles, Greek hero of the Trojan War. Exchanging some of his armour for a sacred shield from the temple of Athena, he carried it throughout his campaigns. |
The Amazon Queen Thalestris in the Camp of Alexander by Johann George Platzer. (GL) No text for this item |
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