The Battle of Granicus was the first of three major battles between the ... Advisors had warned Darius to effectuate an alternate strategy rather than meeting Alexander’s stronger infantry.

The Persian ruler Darius was warned not to meet the Macedonian army head-on, but he ignored his advisers. This marked the first of three battles between the Persians and Alexander's army across ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III.

The mosaic depicts a battle: Surrounded by a mess of fighting cavalry, Alexander wields a long spear. Opposite him is another leader often identified as the Persian king Darius III. The mosaic ...