| Battle of the Persian Gate | |||||||||
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| Part of the Wars of Alexander the Great | |||||||||
 Highway 78 through the Persian Gate in modern-day Iran, 2012 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Macedonian Empire Hellenic League | Achaemenid Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Alexander the Great Craterus Ptolemy Perdiccas | Ariobarzanes of Persis | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 17,000 picked fighters[1][2] | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown, but moderate to heavy | Entire army | ||||||||
1200km
820miles
820miles
Babylon
15
Malavas
14
Hydaspes
13
Cophen
12
Cyropolis
11
Persian Gate
10
Uxians
9
Gaugamela
8
Alexandria
7
Gaza
6
Tyre
5
Issus
4
Miletus
3
Granicus
2
Pella
1
current battle
The Battle of the Persian Gate took place as part of the Wars of Alexander the Great. In the winter of 330 BC, Ariobarzanes of Persis led a last stand with his outnumbered Persian army at the Persian Gate, near Persepolis,[5] and held back the Macedonian army for approximately a month. However, through captured prisoners of war or a local shepherd, Alexander found a path around to flank the Persian troops from the rear, allowing him to capture half of Persia proper in another decisive victory against the Achaemenid Empire.
- ^ a b Shahbazi, A. Sh. "ARIOBARZANES". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ D. W. Engels: Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army, University of California Press, Berkeley and London, 1978, ISBN 0-520-04272-7, pp. 72f. (fn. 7)
- ^ Bill Yenne: "Alexander the Great: Lessons from History's Undefeated General", St. Martin's Press, New York, 2010, pp. 90
- ^ CAIS "The Battle of the Persian Gate and the Martyrdom of General Ariobarzan and his defending regiment"
- ^ Robinson, Cyril Edward (1929). A History of Greece. Methuen & Company Limited. Retrieved 7 April 2013.