How Alexander the Great Prepared for Battle Against the Persians

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How Alexander the Great Prepared for Battle Against the Persians

Alexander the Great was victorious over Darius at the Battle of Gaugamela by Jacques Courtois. Public Domain Astonishing details of Alexander the Great’s personal armor as he prepared for the Battle of Gaugamela against the Persians are described by the Ancient Greek historian, Plutarch. Plutarch’s Life of Alexander is one of five extant tertiary sources on the Macedonian conqueror. It includes anecdotes and descriptions of events that appear in…