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The Battle o Gaugamela (Greek: Γαυγάμηλα) teuk place in 331 BC atween Alexander the Great an Darius III o Persie. Cried the Battle o Arbela an aw, it wis a decisive victory for the Macedonians an led tae the faw o the Persie Empire.
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| Battle o Gaugamela | |||||||||
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| Pairt o Wars o Alexander the Great | |||||||||
.PNG) Battle o Gaugamela, Flemish tapestry, first hauf o 18t century | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Hellenic League |
Achaemenid Empire Greek mercenaries | ||||||||
| Commanders an leaders | |||||||||
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Alexander the Great Hephaestion Craterus Parmenion Ptolemy Perdiccas Antigonus Cleitus Nearchus Seleucus |
Darius III Bessus Mazaeus Orontes II † Atropates | ||||||||
| Strenth | |||||||||
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47,000[1][2] |
34,000[3]–100,000[4] (modren estimates) 250,000–1,000,000 (auncient sources) | ||||||||
| Casualties an losses | |||||||||
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100 infantry an 1,000 cavalry (accordin tae Arrian); 300 infantry (accordin tae Curtius Rufus); 500 infantry (accordin tae Diodorus Siculus) |
40,000 (accordin tae Curtius Rufus) 47,000 (accordin tae Welman)[5] 90,000 (accordin tae Diodorus Siculus) 300,000+ captured (accordin tae Arrian)[6] | ||||||||
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