The Battle of the Granicus was a large battle fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire in 334 BC. The battle took place along the Granicus River in what is now modern-day Turkey.
The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...
The Princes of the East . . . mustered their forces on the Eastern Banks of the Granicus. . . . [Alexander] sprang on his horse Cephalus, and . . . dashed into the river and believed he had gained the ...