An ancient town of southeast Asia Minor near modern-day Iskenderun, Turkey. Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia here in 333 B.C.
Issus
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An ancient town of southeast Asia Minor near modern-day Iskenderun, Turkey. Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia here in 333 B.C.
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Issus (ĭs'əs), ancient town of SE Asia Minor, now in Turkey, 5 mi (8 km) NW of Dörtyol. Located near the head of a gulf (the modern Gulf of Iskenderun), Issus was on a narrow strip of land backed by high mountains. Nearby, in 333 B.C., Alexander defeated the forces of Darius III of Persia. In A.D. 194, Septimius Severus conquered Pescennius Niger. In 622 the Byzantine emperor Heraclius won at Issus the first of a series of battles in which the west regained territory formerly lost to the Persians.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
Synonym: battle of Issus
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Issus can refer to:
- Battle of Issus, in 333 BC, in which Alexander the Great beat Darius III
- Issus (town), an ancient settlement located in the modern Turkish Province of Hatay, near the battle
- Issus (river), the river near the town and battlesite of the same name
- Issus, Haute-Garonne, one of the Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
- Issus (diocese), a Roman Catholic titular see in Turkey
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- Iskenderun (city, Turkey)
- Great Commanders: Alexander the Great - The Battle of Issus (History Film)
- Great Commanders: Georgi Zhukov - The Battle of Berlin (1993 History Film)
- Parmenion (Macedonian military leader)
- Darius III (Persian king)
- Alexander the Great (1964 Historical Film)
- Great Commanders: Julius Caesar - The Battle of Alesia (1993 History Film)
- battle of Arbela
- battle of Issus
- Issus (diocese)
- Issus (town)
- Persia, Persians
- Battle of Issus (disambiguation)
- Battle of Issus (622)
