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The Battle of Gaugamela by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1602. The lead-up to Gaugamela Following his father King Philip II’s unification of the Greek city-states and establishment of the League of Corinth, Alexander ascended to the Macedonian throne with aspirations of expansion beyond Greece’s borders. His campaign against Persia began in 334 BCE, with Alexander’s […]
