Granicus
The war was Alexander's invasion of the Persian Empire, lasting 10 years in which time he won many battles.
The Persians were defeated by the Athenian Admiral Themistocles at the sea battle of Salamis and the Spartan general Pausanius defeated the Persian army led by Mardonius at the battle of Plataea .
They were armoured, whereas the Persians had wicker shields.
Their infantry were armoured as opposed to wicker shields of the Persians. The Persian cavalry was superior, so the Greeks hung around the foothills where the cavalry couldn't get at them, and defeated the weaker Persian infantry bereft of proper cavalry support.
Troy "died" from being defeated by another army. this was done with the help of the Trojan horse. which was a big wooden horse that solders hid inside and defeated troy. (the Trojan horse was crated by Greek warriors and Odysseus came up with the idea.)
Alexander believed that the Greeks were the dominant group of people in the world and he wanted to spread the "seed" of the Greek people all around the world. Also to ensure the loyalty of the conquered people.
2,390 solders were killed!
A lot.
117.000 solders died
Infected solders
bolders
By ship.