Description Alexanders phalangites clash with Persian foot-soldiers in three key battles of the Ancient World.
In this highly illustrated study, a noted authority assesses the origins, combat role and battlefield performance of Alexanders phalangites and their Persian opponents in three key battles of the era--the Granicus River, Issus and Gaugamela--at the dawn of a new way of waging war.
In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire an.
Osprey Publishing (uk) Macedonian phalangite vs persian warrior: alexander confronts the achaemenids, 334-331 bc, paperback/murray dahm
