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Detailed explanation-1: -The invading troops led by Alexander were outnumbered more than 2:1, yet they defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia. The battle was a decisive Macedonian victory and it marked the beginning of the end of Persian power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander and his famous Companion Cavalry charged Darius’ position. The Persian king fled, and his army was routed. Alexander pursued Darius for two years, rejecting a peace offering to divide the empire between them.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Issus, in which Alexander the Great secured a decisive victory over Darius III of Persia.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 333 B.C., Alexander and his men encountered a massive Persian army led by King Darius III near the town of Issus in southern Turkey. Alexander’s forces were greatly outnumbered in men but not in experience or the determination for revenge and to claim Persia’s great wealth, much of it plundered.

Detailed explanation-5: -Battle of Gaugamela, also called Battle of Arbela, (Oct. 1, 331 bc) battle in which Alexander the Great completed his conquest of Darius III’s Persian Empire. It was an extraordinary victory achieved against a numerically superior army on ground chosen by the Persians.