Battle between Alexander the Great and Ariobarzanes near Persepolis in a small mountainpass known as the Persian gate along the Royal road. It took place on 20 January 330 BCE in what is now Iran. The setting was Persian Gates. It was part of Wars of Alexander the Great. Those involved included the Achaemenid Empire, the Macedonian Empire, League of Corinth and Persis.
Before and after
- from 335 BCE to 86 BCEConstruction of Lyceum
- 335 BCERise of peripatetic school
- 335 BCEAlexander the Great crosses into Asia
- from January 332 BCE to July 332 BCESiege of Tyre
- 20 January 330 BCEBattle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain
- 329 BCEConstruction of Panathenaic Stadium
- 327 BCESiege of the Sogdian Rock
- from 327 BCE to 325 BCEIndian campaign of Alexander the Great
- c. 326 BCEPytheas of Massalia sails to Britain and the far north
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The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires. You can also browse everything in the 4th century BCE.