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Classical era · 334 BCE

Battle of the Granicus

The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great of Macedon and the Persian Achaemenid Empire. The battle took place on the road from Abydus to Dascylium, at the crossing of the Granicus in the Troad region, which is now called the Biga River in Turkey.

Battle of the Granicus
Battle of the Granicus · Charles Le Brun / Abraham Genoels, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
334 BCE
Where
Biga River
Era
Classical

Topics

Turkey1,258 BCE – todayAchaemenid Empire600 BCE – 1973

Before and after

Siege of Pelium335 BCECampaigns of Alexander334 BCE – 323 BCEShow on timeline

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