Explore the legendary military campaigns of Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE), one of history's most brilliant military strategists. From his early consolidation of power in Greece to his conquest of the vast Persian Empire and beyond.
Military Campaigns Timeline
Consolidation of Power (336-334 BCE)
- Battle of Chaeronea (338 BCE) - Read Article
- Balkan Campaigns (335 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of Thebes (335 BCE) - Read Article
- Siege of Pelium (335 BCE) - Read Article
Invasion of Persian Empire (334-331 BCE)
- Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE) - Read Article
- Siege of Miletus (334 BCE) - Read Article
- Siege of Halicarnassus (334 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of Issus (333 BCE) - Read Article
- Siege of Tyre (332 BCE) - Read Article
- Siege of Gaza (332 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE) - Read Article
Conquest of Persian Heartland (331-330 BCE)
- Battle of the Persian Gate (330 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of Uxian Defile (330 BCE) - Read Article
- Occupation of Babylon, Susa, and Persepolis (331-330 BCE) - Read Article
- Pursuit of Darius III (330 BCE) - Read Article
Central Asian Campaigns (330-327 BCE)
- Siege of Cyropolis (329 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of Jaxartes (329 BCE) - Read Article
- The Sogdian Rock (328 BCE) - Read Article
- Bactrian & Sogdian Campaigns (329-327 BCE) - Read Article
Indian Campaigns (327-325 BCE)
- The Cophen Campaign (327 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of Aornos (327 BCE) - Read Article
- Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BCE) - Read Article
- The Mallian Campaign (326-325 BCE) - Read Article
- Mutiny at the Hyphasis (326 BCE) - Read Article
Return & Final Plans (325-323 BCE)
- Gedrosian Desert March (325 BCE) - Read Article
- Reorganization at Susa (324 BCE) - Read Article
- Final Plans in Babylon (323 BCE) - Read Article
- Planned Arabian Campaign (323 BCE) - Read Article
"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." - Alexander the Great