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@worldhistory.orgOct 1, 2026, 8:02 PM

⚔️ On this day in 331 BCE: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 

🖼️ Painting by Pietro da Cortona. 

#BattleOfGaugamela #AlexanderTheGreat #DariusIIIOfPersia #Persia #History #AncientHistory #OnThisDay #Warfare

@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:01 PM

#AlexanderTheGreat, so-called, defeated #DariusIII, and the #Achaemenid #PersianEmpire, in the #BattleOfGaugamela on #ThisDayInHistory in 331 BCE. Alexander got lucky when the #Persian cavalry rushed to loot his supply train rather than attacking his exposed #phalanx from behind.

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 5:30 AM

⚔️ #OTD in #History 1 October 331 BC, #AlexanderTheGreat and his army completed their conquest of the Achaemenid Empire by defeating #DariusIII and his army at the #BattleOfGaugamela, despite the Persians being numerically superior and having chosen the ground.