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Major conflict334 BCE

Battle of the Granicus

Granicus (Biga) River, Troad, northwestern Anatolia

Estimated casualties

1.1K – 7.0Kestimated dead

Arrian reports ~100+ Macedonian dead and over 1,000 Persian cavalry slain; later/varying traditions give up to 5,000 Persian dead plus 2,000 captured. Ancient sources diverge widely.

SOURCEArrian; Britannica

The first of Alexander the Great's three major victories over the Achaemenid Empire, fought at a river crossing in the Troad against the field army of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor. The victory opened western Anatolia to Macedonian conquest.

Belligerents2

  • Macedonian Empire
  • Achaemenid Persian Empire

ON THE MAPEmpire of Alexander the GreatAchaemenid Persian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFMacedonian Conquests of Alexander the Great

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of the Granicus
  2. Britannica: Battle of the Granicus
  3. HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
  4. Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)
  5. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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