Gaugamela
Americannoun
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Alexander the Great employed a variant of this strategy at the Battle of Gaugamela.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2019
The Pinakothek has six Altdorfers, including the fabulous picture of the battle of Alexander and Darius at Gaugamela.
From Time Magazine Archive
It no longer mattered, at least from the viewpoint of painting, who won the Battle of Gaugamela, or which model was standing in for Phryne and which for Aspasia.
From Time Magazine Archive
In rejecting peace offers from Darius before the battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great explained, "Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters."
From Time Magazine Archive
The great battle, of which we have been speaking, was confessedly fought at Gaugamela.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob
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