Persian Gates

Persian Gates

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In the last weeks of 331 BCE, it was the site of the fierce Battle of Persian Gate, in which the Macedonian Emperor Alexander the Great was almost defeated by the last Achaemenid troops commanded by Ariobarzan.

ee also

*Battle of the Persian Gate

Literature

*Henry Speck, "Alexander at the Persian Gates. A Study in Historiography and Topography" in: "American Journal of Ancient History" n.s. 1.1 (2002) 15-234.

External links

* [http://www.livius.org/a/iran/persian_gates/yasuj.html Livius.org: Persian Gate] - Photos


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