Battle o Gaugamela

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.

Battle o Gaugamela
Pairt o Wars o Alexander the Great
Battle o Gaugamela, Flemish tapestry, first hauf o 18t century
Date October 1, 331 BC Location Probably Tel Gomel (Gaugamela) near Mosul, nae far frae Irbil (Arbela), which is a name o the battle (Battle o Arbela) an aw Result Decisive Greek victory, Persian militar capabilities are crippled Territorial changes Alexander wins Babylon, hauf o Persie, pairts o Mesopotamie nae already unner his control an aw
Belligerents
Hellenic League	Achaemenid Empire Greek mercenaries
Commanders an leaders
Alexander the Great Hephaestion Craterus Parmenion Ptolemy Perdiccas Antigonus Cleitus Nearchus Seleucus	Darius III Bessus Mazaeus Orontes II † Atropates
Strenth
47,000[1][2]	34,000[3]–100,000[4] (modren estimates) 250,000–1,000,000 (auncient sources)
Casualties an losses
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]