Maps
Select a map below to view it.
- Map 1: Ancient Macedonia and its Environs
- Map 2: Mainland Greece in 336 B.C.E.
- Map 3: Lands Traversed by Alexandros in 335 and early 334 B.C.E.
- Map 4: Lands Traversed by Alexandros, May 334 - November 333 B.C.E.
- Map 5: Miletos and Its Environs, C. 334 B.C.E.
- Map 6: Halikarnassos, c. 334 B.C.E.
- Map 7: Movements of Persian and Pan-Hellenic Armies Prior to Issos
- Map 8: Lands Traversed by Alexandros, November 333 - May 330 B.C.E.
- Map 9: Siege of Tyros, 332 B.C.E.
- Map 10: Egypt, 4th Century B.C.E.
- Map 11: Babylon, c. 331 B.C.E.
- Map 12: Persian Satrapies, 4th Century B.C.E.
- Map 13: Lands Traversed by Alexandros, June 330 - December 329 B.C.E.
- Map 14: Lands Traversed by Alexandros, January 328 - July 326 B.C.E.
- Map 15: Lands Traversed by Alexandros, July 326 - July 323 B.C.E.
Animated Battle Depictions
Select a Battle below to view it. The “sliders” use an interactive slider to view the progress of each battle. If you are unable to use the slider, please use the video link instead.
- Battle 1: Chaironeia a/k/a Chaeronea - August 338 B.C.E. - Video
- Battle 1: Chaironeia a/k/a Chaeronea - August 338 B.C.E. - Slider
- Battle 2: Granikos a/k/a Granicus - May 334 B.C.E. - Video*
- Battle 2: Granikos a/k/a Granicus - May 334 B.C.E. - Slider*
- Battle 3: Issos a/k/a Issus - November 333 B.C.E. - Video
- Batle 3: Issos a/k/a Issus - November 333 B.C.E. - Slider
- Battle 4: Gaugamela - September 331 B.C.E. - Video
- Battle 4: Gaugamela - September 331 B.C.E. - Slider
*Special Note about the Battle of Granikos: Modern historians have had an awfully difficult time explaining how the Battle of Granikos unfolded. Of all the attempts to harmonize the contradictory, illogical, and unsatisfactory accounts of this battle, I find the imaginative account of Professor Peter Green most persuasive. See, Peter Green, Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C., Appendix, pp. 489-512 (1974). Among other things, he argues that the Battle of Granikos was fought in two phases, over two days. The animated depictions of the Battle of Granikos above show the evolution of the engagement on the second day. For a detailed verbal description of both days of this battle, please see my book: Alexander Geiger, Prime Directive (rev. ed.), pp. 405-25 (2019).
