Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Issus
- 333
- After illness and Tarsus
- Before Damascus and Tyre
- Men
- Darius' forces 600,000
strong (A)
- Due to eventual location
of battle, unable to use
cavalry
- Alexander ordered a raid
- Alex. boosted
the morale by
using their full
names
- Macedonians took
luxuries from the camp
- Darius
- Amyntas advised they stay on
open ground
- This advice was refused (P)
- Fled the battle,
soon followed by
his army (A)
- Mistakes
- The armies missed each other
and had to turn back (P)
- This meant that the battle
was fought in a narrow pass
(P)
- Alexander
- Wounded in the thigh (P)
- Took Darius' chariot and bow (P)
- Also his shield and mantle (A)
- Raided Darius' camp
- Captured people - including Darius'
wife and children (A)