Paprika
Jackass of the Week
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Battle of Issus | |||||||||
Part of the Wars of Alexander the Great | |||||||||
Alexander battling Darius at the Battle of Issus (Naples National Archaeological Museum) | |||||||||
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Macedon League of Corinth | Achaemenid Empire | ||||||||
Alexander the Great Parmenion Craterus Hephaestion Ptolemy Pantordanus Sitalces II Menes Balacrus | Darius III Arsames † Rheomithres † Atizyes † Bubaces † Sabaces † | ||||||||
13,000 peltasts,[1] 22,000 heavy infantry,[2] 5,850 cavalry[2] Total: 40,850 | 30,000–80,000 light infantry (Babylonian spears, Ionian peltasts)[3] 11,000 cavalry[2] 10,000 Persian Immortals 10,000 Greek mercenaries[4] Total: 50,000–60,000[5] (modern sources) 250,000–600,000 (ancient sources) | ||||||||
452 killed 5,000 wounded[6][7] | ~20,000-40,000 casualties[7] |