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Battle of Gaugamela

Decisive 331 BCE battle where Alexander of Macedon broke the army of Darius III of Persia, opening the Achaemenid heartland. A textbook use of oblique advance and a timed cavalry breakthrough against a much larger force.

Companion CavalryPhalanxLeft (Parmenion)Center (Darius)Left Cavalry (Bessus)Right Cavalry (Mazaeus)Scythed Chariots
Plain of Gaugamela (near Mosul)
Deployment

Darius picks a flattened plain to use his chariots and vast numbers; Alexander refuses a night attack and deploys echeloned, his line angled right.