Thebes, dubbed "the city of seven gates", is one of the principal cities of Greece<hr>
along with Athens and Sparta. Alexander the Great razed it following a rebellion in 335 BC.<hr>
The Battle of the Granicus pitted, for the first time, the<hr>
Macedonian army against the Persian army on the banks of the Granicus river, now known as Biga Çayi in<hr>
Turkey. Alexander the Great triumphs over Darius III and the Persian rulers. This<hr>
victory paves the way for him to the gates of Asia Minor.<hr>
The siege of Tyre took place from January to August 332 BC during the campaign<hr>
of Alexander the Great against the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Located on the Phoenician coast, in<hr>
present-day Lebanon, Tyre is a strategic location for Alexander so he can continue his<hr>
march towards Judea and Egypt. After taking over the city, the Macedonians committed a<hr>
massacre, presumably to teach other cities inclined to oppose<hr>
Alexander a lesson.<hr>
The Battle of Arbela, also known as the Battle of Gaugamela, took place<hr>
on October 1, 331 BC. It is the decisive confrontation between Alexander the Great's army and<hr>
that of Darius III. During this battle, considered one of the most important of<hr>
antiquity, the Kingdom of Macedonia definitively defeats the Persian Empire.<hr>
Porus is the ruler of the Indian kingdom of the Pauravas, which is situated in<hr>
present-day Pakistani Punjab, between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. Porus is defeated by the<hr>
Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great in the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BC.<hr>
The Battle of Hydaspes pits Alexander the Great against Porus in July 326 BC.<hr>
C. on the banks of the Hydaspes, the modern Jhelum, in present-day Pakistan. The<hr>
Macedonian soldiers encounter a significant number of war elephants for the first time.<hr>
The Oxydracae are ancient peoples of Cisgangetic India, who resided at the confluence of the Hydraote and Acesine rivers.<hr>
Hephaestion, Hephaistion or Hephestion, born in Pella around 356 BC and died<hr>
in Ecbatana in 324 BC, is a Macedonian general and the favourite of Alexander the Great.<hr>
Philoxenus is a Macedonian officer under the reign of Alexander the Great. He is<hr>
appointed governor of Cilicia, a region in southern Turkey, in 321 BC. He is one of<hr>
the successors of Alexander the Great.<hr>
Xenophanes is a Greek philosopher, poet and scientist.<hr>
Apelles, also spelled Apeles, Apelles or Apelles, is a famous Greek painter who lived in the<hr>
4th century BC.<hr>
Lysippus of Sicyon is a Greek sculptor and bronze caster, the official portraitist<hr>
of Alexander the Great, father and teacher of Daippos, Boedas and Euthycrates.<hr>
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